The Latest Breaking News from Broken Hill

Plans for a new school in an outback mining town are being released amid preparations to knock down the decades-old facility after a mould outbreak.

An outback town is still "flat out" recovering months after rolling power outages, which shut down a major mine and cut off phone services.

A regional centre is getting closer to power security with broken transmission lines set to be fixed and re-connected to the main grid by Saturday.

The massive build to fix Broken Hill's damaged transmission lines is gathering momentum as the region looks to avoid further major power outages.

As thousands of Australians again live through an annoying energy blackout, the nation is reminded of more widespread supply vulnerabilities.

NSW premier Chris Minns says state’s far west let down by privatisation after region’s only working large-scale emergency generator failed

A major power outage has halted swimming legend Kyle Chalmers' visit to Broken Hill but locals will get a chance to grill the NSW premier over relief.

Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure in house sparrows and children is another sobering reminder of this shared health burden.

From Broken Hill to Cooktown to Port Hedland, the centres support people who may not otherwise be able to pursue higher education