News archive
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August, 2013
Unbeatable
Originally published: Friday, 30th August, 2013
The Robins have created the perfect storm. They have iced the perfect season by winning the U/18 grand final by a whopping 127 points.
Ex-pollie brings skills to RFDS
Originally published: Friday, 30th August, 2013
The new chairman of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Amanda Vanstone, says a visit to the Broken Hill base could be on the cards.
Starry night outshines competition
Originally published: Friday, 30th August, 2013
A dreamlike landscape shot of the Menindee Lakes under a starry night sky has won a photographer top honours at a prestigious nature photography contest.
Too big to save
Originally published: Friday, 30th August, 2013
Morbidly obese people are being denied surgery at the Broken Hill Hospital than ever before because doctors don’t want to see them die on the operating table.
Village a burden on city: Council
Originally published: Friday, 30th August, 2013
Staff and residents will have to wait until the middle of next year to know the future of Shorty O’Neil Village.
Bombers’ fans remain true
Originally published: Thursday, 29th August, 2013
Alan Tucker is as passionate an Essendon Bombers’ supporter as they come.
High school rock
Originally published: Thursday, 29th August, 2013
Broken Hill High School students are promising something special at their Evening Performance next week.
Sydney singer digs country gigs
Originally published: Thursday, 29th August, 2013
Sydney singer-songwriter Wes Carr will be revealing his “Roadtrip Confessions” at Club Legion this weekend.
Rider walks away from car crash
Originally published: Thursday, 29th August, 2013
A car and a motorbike collided yesterday afternoon when a 31-year-old female driver failed to give way and turned in front of the oncoming bike, according to police.
Money for city renters to go bush
Originally published: Thursday, 29th August, 2013
The State Government believes revisions to its failed regional relocation grant scheme will cause city dwellers to “seriously consider” a move to Broken Hill.
City set to adopt crime plan
Originally published: Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
A new City Council crime prevention plan is about to go on display following a spate of vandalism, theft and assaults.
Poll shows it’s no walkover
Originally published: Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
Labor holds a narrow lead over the Liberals in Broken Hill, with an exit poll showing support for both parties almost neck and neck.
Electric chairs welcome
Originally published: Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
The Democratic Club has donated two electric patient chairs worth over $4,300 to the local Health Service.
Deaf workers denied hearing aids
Originally published: Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
Hundreds of local people who require hearing aids will be forced to fork out thousands of dollars due to NSW Government cuts to compensation.
Airline interest “pie in the sky”
Originally published: Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
No major airlines are considering setting up in Broken Hill, despite one councillor’s persistence.
Golf Scramble a smash hit
Originally published: Tuesday, 27th August, 2013
The annual Holden Scramble hosted at the Golf and Country Club at the weekend was a huge success.
State success
Originally published: Tuesday, 27th August, 2013
The Silver City Swim Club has just returned from its most successful state championship meet ever.
Park setting perfect for civic honour
Originally published: Tuesday, 27th August, 2013
The late councillor Jamie Mitchell was yesterday honoured with the unveiling of a plaque bearing his name.
Early voters rush to poll
Originally published: Tuesday, 27th August, 2013
Pre-polling in Broken Hill has been busy on the first day of voting for the federal election yesterday.
SOUTH ON EDGE
Originally published: Tuesday, 27th August, 2013
wave of criminal activity is rattling the normally laid-back South, with residents questioning their safety in the wake of another brazen robbery.
Changes ahead for Lifeline shop
Originally published: Monday, 26th August, 2013
Whether it’s due to Macklemore and Lewis or the revival of the vintage boutique look, thrift shops are in the midst of a popularity boom.
Pro gets rose nod
Originally published: Monday, 26th August, 2013
One of the country’s best rose breeders says he’s created a rose that he’ll name in honour of Pro Hart.
Getting old pals back together
Originally published: Monday, 26th August, 2013
A reunion is being held for students who attended their first year at Broken Hill High School in 1966.
Roos show Robins how
Originally published: Monday, 26th August, 2013
The Roos travelled over the hill on Saturday and gave the Robins a football lesson at League Headquarters.
Pensioner rebate rise ruled out as rates soar
Originally published: Monday, 26th August, 2013
The NSW government has ruled out increasing the $250 concession pensioners receive on their rates until the State’s finances reach a “sustainable level”.
City to host global youth conference
Originally published: Friday, 23rd August, 2013
A three-day Global Youth Leadership congress is being held in the city next month.
A wacky and wonderful week
Originally published: Friday, 23rd August, 2013
It’s not often you get a Ninja Turtle, a spider and a dancing mouse all in the same room but that’s what happened at Alma Public School yesterday.
Freak accident flips caravan
Originally published: Friday, 23rd August, 2013
A Melbourne couple are lucky to be alive after a freak accident flipped their caravan on the Menindee Road yesterday.
Preschool cuts unaffordable
Originally published: Friday, 23rd August, 2013
Average families will not be able to afford to send their three-year-old children to pre-school if the NSW Government presses ahead with plans to cut funding, according to the pre-schools in Broken Hill.
Fast train priority for Farrer
Originally published: Friday, 23rd August, 2013
A Bullet Train for Australia party candidate for Farrer at the looming federal election says high-speed rail will transform the way Broken Hill people travel.
Reilly shows off horse
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
Local Reilly Blight will be participating in the Royal Adelaide Show horse competition.
Junior 8-ball champs
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
Zac Everuss and Luke Hall recently took out the junior 8-ball championships.
A couple of things at Book Week
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
Railwaytown Public School went all out to dress up for Book Week yesterday.
Businesses feel rate rise
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
Shop owners at Centro Westside are set to feel the impact of City Council’s latest rates redistribution.
Anxiety gives away $30k cannabis stash
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
A Queensland motorist who was pulled over by police on the Adelaide road was shaking so violently that they suspected something was up.
Cafe workers ripped off
Originally published: Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
As local eateries are about to be audited, it has emerged thousands of dollars in unpaid wages were recovered for cafe and restaurant workers last financial year.
Bikies ride for depression
Originally published: Tuesday, 20th August, 2013
As a paramedic and a family man in Sydney, Paul Riley saw the horrors of suicide first hand.
RSPCA fundraiser goes purr-fectly
Originally published: Tuesday, 20th August, 2013
The RSPCA’s Annual Cupcake Day was a “barking” success.
All the way
Originally published: Tuesday, 20th August, 2013
Geoff Olholm and Gordon Trigg have continued their silver streak in Broken Hill last weekend, winning their second Silver City 1000 cross country rally.
Black Lion gets a makeover
Originally published: Tuesday, 20th August, 2013
The Black Lion Inn’s facade has been stripped as part the restoration of the old 123-year-old pub.
Cash may attract child caseworkers
Originally published: Tuesday, 20th August, 2013
The State Government is considering offering more pay to child protection caseworkers in the bush to help overcome staff shortages.
North minor premiers
Originally published: Monday, 19th August, 2013
North’s have claimed the 2013 minor premiership after registering a comfortable 88 point victory over a disappointing West side in blustery conditions on Saturday.
Buttrose visits Broken Hill
Originally published: Monday, 19th August, 2013
Legendary journalist and Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose will touch down in the city this week.
Warm toes keep the blood flowing
Originally published: Monday, 19th August, 2013
People with diabetes or circulation problems need to keep a close eye on the blood flow in their feet during the last few weeks of winter, according to experts.
Cigarette retailers are compliant
Originally published: Monday, 19th August, 2013
Compared to other parts of NSW, Broken Hill’s cigarette retailers appear to be a law-abiding lot, according to the health service.
Chasing talent
Originally published: Monday, 19th August, 2013
Local musician Georgie Blore has won a talent quest which will see her contribute to a music soundtrack.
Dogs to secure top spot
Originally published: Saturday, 17th August, 2013
The penultimate round of local football today will see the Bulldogs taking on the Robins at League Headquarters in a contest the Bulldogs just have to win if they are to officially claim the 2013 minor premiership.
Roos to bound into finals
Originally published: Saturday, 17th August, 2013
As the Central players lace their boots up this afternoon they will have at least one positive thought going around in their heads: They only have two games left.
Central ladies join fight against breast cancer
Originally published: Saturday, 17th August, 2013
The Central Football Club’s women’s team is hosting a “pink” day today for the McGrath Foundation.
Teachers march for Gonski reforms
Originally published: Saturday, 17th August, 2013
Nearly 30 school teachers marched on Federal MP Sussan Ley’s office yesterday to demand that she explain why she would support plans to strip $39 million of school funding from her electorate.
Back to square one
Originally published: Saturday, 17th August, 2013
The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a ruling that would have made City Council pay $7 million to Perilya.
Don’t miss the Gonski bus
Originally published: Friday, 16th August, 2013
Shoppers may notice a strange green van at the Town Square in Argent Street today at 11am.
Last chance to save softball
Originally published: Friday, 16th August, 2013
The Broken Hill Softball Association is making one last effort to get the sport up and running this year.
Stenhouse hits 300
Originally published: Friday, 16th August, 2013
Central Football Club stalwart Shane Stenhouse will celebrate a combined 300 senior and reserve grade games tomorrow.
An American view on art
Originally published: Friday, 16th August, 2013
The Broken Hill Art Exchange is hosting two workshops today to help artists promote their work.
South shocked by brazen robbery
Originally published: Friday, 16th August, 2013
A brazen hold up at a drive through bottle shop in Patton Street has rocked Broken Hill’s South, with residents and businesses saying they no longer feel safe.
Guides go green
Originally published: Thursday, 15th August, 2013
The youthful enthusiasm of the Girl Guides and a good turnout of other volunteers helped make the planting of trees in Queen Elizabeth Park on Sunday a thoroughly enjoyable occasion, according to City Council.
Daffodil Day
Originally published: Thursday, 15th August, 2013
The staff at Outback Family Practice are having a Daffodil Day.
Bus may be moved to its spiritual home
Originally published: Thursday, 15th August, 2013
The bus used in the disco drag musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert could be moved to the Palace Hotel if it is given the green light by City Council.
Rates hike could cripple businesses
Originally published: Thursday, 15th August, 2013
Business property owners are warning that a plan by City Council to slash its reliance on mine rate revenue will close businesses and drive investors away.
Get your bake on for the RSPCA
Originally published: Wednesday, 14th August, 2013
The RSPCA’s Annual Cupcake Day is being held on Monday and organisers are looking to raise some dough.
Season over for Clisby
Originally published: Wednesday, 14th August, 2013
Melbourne footballer and former local Mitch Clisby has accepted a three-match penalty and will not challenge an engaging in rough conduct charge.
Facelift for Woolies
Originally published: Wednesday, 14th August, 2013
Woolworths will change where it keeps the fruit and veg - but don’t worry, it’s for the greater good.
Don’t suffer in silence
Originally published: Wednesday, 14th August, 2013
Fear could be the reason why so many Broken Hill Parkinson’s disease sufferers aren’t seeking support in their battle with the illness, an advocate says.
Assault on policewoman draws suspended sentence
Originally published: Wednesday, 14th August, 2013
A drunk man who was barred from a hotel abused police when they told him to leave and injured a policewoman as the officers struggled to control him, the Local Court heard yesterday.
Rally revs up
Originally published: Tuesday, 13th August, 2013
The Silver City 1000 rally continues to grow with even more teams signing on for this weekend’s event.
Fire warning
Originally published: Tuesday, 13th August, 2013
A house fire over the weekend has prompted the fire brigade to issue a safety warning.
Kids crunch the numbers
Originally published: Tuesday, 13th August, 2013
Local high school students joined thousands of students Australia-wide to compete in the Australian Mathematics Competition.
Wet weather not a worry
Originally published: Tuesday, 13th August, 2013
The rain in the early hours of yesterday morning has cleared and we probably won’t see any more until the weekend.
HOME INVASION
Originally published: Tuesday, 13th August, 2013
Three men forced their way into a house in South Broken Hill on Sunday night in what police described yesterday as a “serious” matter.
Robins overrun Magpies
Originally published: Monday, 12th August, 2013
The Robins scored a hard fought 59 point victory on Saturday over a Central side that simply ran out of legs.
Burke Ward gets own app
Originally published: Monday, 12th August, 2013
Burke Ward Public School has stepped into the new technology age with their own “app”.
Fire destroys home
Originally published: Monday, 12th August, 2013
Police are treating a fire which destroyed a vacant house at the weekend as deliberate.
Unite to stop stroke
Originally published: Monday, 12th August, 2013
Local community groups and individuals are being asked to get involved and unite to stop stroke this National Stroke Week.
Chasing funds for brain injuries
Originally published: Monday, 12th August, 2013
A production company run by a former local has joined forces with Synapse, a charity that helps people living with acquired brain injuries.
Asylum seekers for BH?
Originally published: Saturday, 10th August, 2013
Federal MP Sussan Ley has promised to look into the idea of housing asylum seekers in Broken Hill if the public and City Council support it.
Magpies must show some fight
Originally published: Saturday, 10th August, 2013
In the final battle of the birds at League headquarters today both sides have something to prove.
Planting the seed for a greener city
Originally published: Friday, 9th August, 2013
Just for a change, why not turn off the TV on Sunday morning, get out in the sun and plant a tree?
Garden seeks carers
Originally published: Friday, 9th August, 2013
The Riddiford Arboretum committee is putting out a call for more members.
Celebration day calls for a drink
Originally published: Friday, 9th August, 2013
World Breastfeeding Week ended yesterday with a “celebration day” at the TAFE playhouse.
Hospital ‘no place for poll’
Originally published: Friday, 9th August, 2013
City Council has asked the federal government to take the hospital off the list of local polling sites for next month’s federal election.
Flu still a threat to health
Originally published: Friday, 9th August, 2013
The weather might be warming up but the flu is still in the air, according to NSW Health.
Corey’s bright outlook
Originally published: Thursday, 8th August, 2013
After receiving treatment in Germany, cancer sufferer Corey Hawes is feeling positive and hopeful.
Nation ‘needs saving’
Originally published: Thursday, 8th August, 2013
Families and businesses are battling soaring living costs and real estate agent-turned federal political hopeful Ken Trewin says he’s the man to help.
Milton’s master class
Originally published: Thursday, 8th August, 2013
The steady hand of Milton Hawke has delivered another indoor bowls title to the city.
Fears as jobs get the chop
Originally published: Thursday, 8th August, 2013
Public services jobs are on the chopping block but no one cares because the State Government had “demonised” the workers, according to their union.
Careers Expo pulls a crowd
Originally published: Thursday, 8th August, 2013
Yesterday’s Careers Expo has been hailed a massive success by organisers.
‘Big Jack’ back to tell a few tales
Originally published: Wednesday, 7th August, 2013
Political veteran and controversial businessman John Elliott drew applause and roars of laughter at the South clubrooms last weekend.
All that jazz and more
Originally published: Wednesday, 7th August, 2013
Anyone looking for some quality entertainment this weekend should take advantage of a new cabaret.
Boost your bone health
Originally published: Wednesday, 7th August, 2013
Eight out of 10 Australians aren’t getting enough calcium, according to a local dietitian.
Gifts on the money
Originally published: Wednesday, 7th August, 2013
Mayor Wincen Cuy showed his softer side yesterday when he met the cuddly animals his pay rise-turned donation will help look after.
Be a good sport - give footy a go
Originally published: Wednesday, 7th August, 2013
An Aussie Rules “come and try day” is being held this afternoon at Picton Oval as part of a community project.
Time called on council
Originally published: Tuesday, 6th August, 2013
A district council fighting for the rights of schools in the region has disbanded because of a lack of interest.
By jingo, he’s Top Dog!
Originally published: Tuesday, 6th August, 2013
North’s past and current players paid tribute to one of the club’s most popular volunteers yesterday as Denis Watts was named Top Dog for 2013.
Dealer driven to despair
Originally published: Tuesday, 6th August, 2013
A weekend vandalism attack could force Broken Hill Toyota to invest in CCTV and a security fence.
Vitols family walk the walk
Originally published: Tuesday, 6th August, 2013
Sydney’s famous City2Surf is no walk in the park but local doctor Phillip Vitols and his father, Richard, are quite the regulars.
Dog attack victim slams late review
Originally published: Tuesday, 6th August, 2013
The victim of a brutal dog attack says it shouldn’t have taken the death of child to force a review of dangerous dog regulations.
At 23, Tamara our youngest Rotarian
Originally published: Monday, 5th August, 2013
The average age of members is 60 plus, but that did not stop 23-year-old Tamara Cuffe from joining the Rotary Club of Broken Hill South.
South taking it week at a time
Originally published: Monday, 5th August, 2013
South coach Peter Johns said the side is just thinking “week to week” after pummelling West by 68-points at Alma Oval on Saturday.
Working towards employment
Originally published: Monday, 5th August, 2013
A program designed to help young people with a disability to successfully gain employment has expanded this year.
BUSTED
Originally published: Monday, 5th August, 2013
Broken Hill police have seized up to $30,000 worth of the highly addictive drug methamphetamine in a raid on a house last week.
Car dealer faces big bill for callous act of vandalism
Originally published: Monday, 5th August, 2013
Broken Hill Toyota is faced with a clean up bill set to be in the thousands after vandals smashed through its showroom at the weekend.
‘BJ’ joins elite club
Originally published: Saturday, 3rd August, 2013
This afternoon Brett Johnson will write his name into football folklore.
Bulldogs to fire up for past players
Originally published: Saturday, 3rd August, 2013
North host Central today at League Headquarters in what is a special day for the Bulldogs and their dynamic centreman, Brett Johnson.
Rose muncher just acting the goat
Originally published: Saturday, 3rd August, 2013
A man and his goat have locked horns with Council workers over a rose-eating incident.
‘Give us a break’
Originally published: Saturday, 3rd August, 2013
Council pay rise row a beat-up: Mayor
Defiant Black hits back
Originally published: Friday, 2nd August, 2013
Peter Black says ratepayers don’t care about councillors and the mayor getting a pay rise because they have already given up on City Council as a “dead loss.”
Schools sing to a packed hall
Originally published: Friday, 2nd August, 2013
The Barrier Schools Choral Festival was held before an exceptionally large audience yesterday at the Civic Centre.
Rugby team show their support for women’s health
Originally published: Friday, 2nd August, 2013
This weekend, the two Menindee Rugby League teams will be raising awareness for women’s health.
Interim GM offers some parting advice
Originally published: Friday, 2nd August, 2013
Much of the financial problems at City Council could be put down to Broken Hill’s “she’ll be right” attitude, according to departing interim GM Greg Wright.
Gun louts kill roos
Originally published: Friday, 2nd August, 2013
Kangaroos are being shot from moving cars along the Menindee Road and left for dead, police said yesterday .
