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Broken Hill National Party members resign days after state election preselection

An outgoing Nationals candidate says party polling results are "pretty hard to swallow" and prompted him to resign just days after winning a spot on the state election ticket.

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LGBTQIA+ teens' Prideful Broken Hill, Rainbow Shoelace Project gains worldwide popularity

Growing up in a remote mining city, teenagers Abbie Kelly and Max Dawnn are no strangers to discrimination. They want to change the way LGBTQIA+ people are treated.

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Midnight Oil's Mundi Mundi Bash gig a dream come true for Broken Hill didgeridoo player

Worimi and Minjinbul man Cory Poulson started playing the didgeridoo at 11 when his father told him to put his lips to the instrument and "blow a raspberry". This week, he played his biggest gig at the Mundi Mundi Bash.

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Midnight Oil and Missy Higgins bring thousands of older festivalgoers to Broken Hill

The Mundi Mundi Bash is one of an emerging trend of remote, ‘red-dirt’ music festivals aimed at demographics other than teenagers

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Yarning circles in NSW prisons aim to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates

After early success at Broken Hill, the program will be rolled statewide with the aim of better connecting Indigenous prisoners with their culture, each other and ultimately reducing Aboriginal incarceration rates.

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Disability inclusion plan update for Broken Hill arrives, but was 'long overdue' say advocates

After years of travelling throughout Australia, Dr JR Mitchell says his town is "one of the most inaccessible in Australia" and the disability advocate wants further action.

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Broken Hill's Harold Williams Home in lockdown as aged residents, staff, test positive for COVID-19

Visitors will be unable to attend a Broken Hill aged care facility for more than a week after about 20 aged residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

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John Pickup's lengthy ABC career included everything from recording rhinos to covering the Olympics

The former radio and TV broadcaster was part of many memorable moments at the ABC, including covering the Olympics and broadcasting from a telephone exchange.

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The Broken Hill Pub joins growing list of local hospitality businesses hitting the market

The Broken Hill Pub, most commonly known as The BHP, has made a surprise entry into the local real estate market. Several large hospitality businesses in the outback city have been put up for sale over a short period of time.

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Algate House Boys' Home former residents make child abuse allegations, lawyers say

A Sydney law firm says former residents of Algate House Boys' Home in Broken Hill, which was run by the Salvation Army between 1968 and 1996, have made allegations of historic child abuse.

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NSW man charged with attempted murder

A 43-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after an attack on a woman he knows in the NSW outback town of Broken Hill.

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Coroner in Alex Braes inquest scathing of care at Broken Hill Hospital provided to 18yo who died of sepsis

An inquest calls out shortcomings in the care of 18-year-old Alex Baes, who died from a toe infection despite attending Broken Hill Hospital four times in less than two days.

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Broken Hill teen's 'unacceptable' care

A NSW coroner has found serious and unacceptable gaps in hospital care for Broken Hill teenager Alex Braes, who died of sepsis.

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Broken Hill mental health centre locked in as rehab facility awaits funding

A $14 million adult mental health centre has been promised to Broken Hill but leaders say the need for a tailored drug and alcohol rehab facility remains.

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Girl, 16, died on bedroom floor with deodorant can in hand as mum warns of 'chroming'

Anne Ryan found her 16-year-old daughter Brooke dead on her bedroom floor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, after she suffered a suspected heart attack from sniffing aerosols

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Broken Hill’s Royal Flying Doctor Service visitor centre secures $5.5 million for makeover

Plans to upgrade the Royal Flying Doctor Service's visitor centre in Broken Hill have been propelled forward, with the NSW government dedicating $5.5 million in funding.

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Virtual ICU service launched at Broken Hill Hospital but nurses seek more staff

The service linking local clinicians and patients with intensive care staff in Sydney is formally up and running, but the local union says more nurses on the floor are needed.

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Amateur Broken Hill astronomer wins Astronomical Society of Australia award

By day, Trevor Barry tends to turf. By night, he explores the depths of space with equipment he built himself, finding things professionals scientists haven't.

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Domestic violence survivor to run 1,100km from Broken Hill to Melbourne to raise awareness

Sandy Suckling didn't tell a soul about her first marathon — it was a private milestone about her strength to survive. Now, the 62-year-old is running from Broken Hill to Melbourne to raise awareness about family violence prevention.

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Broken Hill nursing home bracing for ‘worst-case scenario’ after four residents die from Covid

Nurses are being flown in from interstate amid staffing shortage after 30 positive cases reported, including inside the Alzheimer’s unit

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Fourth resident dies during St Anne's Nursing Home COVID outbreak in Broken Hill

Nurses from across Australia are called in to support St Anne's Nursing Home in Broken Hill, as the centre's COVID outbreak worsens and another resident dies. But finding accommodation for the nurses poses another challenge.

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Broken Hill records third COVID-related death as outbreak at St Anne's Nursing Home worsens

A 93-year-old woman dies with COVID following an outbreak at St Anne's Nursing Home last week. Nine other residents at the home have tested positive.

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MRI scans to be bulk-billed in Broken Hill following de-regulation win for operators

Health outcomes for Broken Hill residents are set to improve when bulk-billed MRI scans become available later this year, saving patients hundreds of dollars and endless hours of travel.

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Broken Hill nurses and midwives join 24-hour strike, call for better conditions in NSW hospitals

Nurses and midwives in far west New South Wales have joined a statewide strike, calling for better conditions, pay and staffing ratios.

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Outback community rallies to help find lost teddy bear

A 5,000-kilometre, cross country journey for a father and his son's beloved teddy bear is the recipe for a best-selling children's book — or potential disaster — as Gordon Wilson finds out.

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