Last week, Louise Pointing noticed that her 15-year-old son was not himself. He was beginning to have what looked to her like epileptic fits.
Month: September 2021
A night of frocks, Power and Wines
In a historic night, the Brownlow Medal was held in Perth and the 2021 Brownlow Medallist was Port Adelaide’s star midfielder Ollie Wines, who became the club’s first ever winner of the prestigious award.
Vale Kevin “Bushy” White
As a young boy, Kevin White was constantly going walkabout, hunting rabbits or chasing kangaroos out into the scrub, to the point where the question; “Where’s Kevin?” would almost always be answered with; “He’s out bush!”
Broken Hill woman’s amazing story … ‘COVID VAX CURED MY DEPRESSION’
Tina* used to wake up most mornings wishing she was somebody else.
The crippling curse of depression, curdled with a dash of bipolar disorder, made many days feel as if they were particularly tedious episodes of some dreary midday soap.
Burke and Wills Barkandji mystery
One hundred and sixty years ago this month, the explorer Alfred Howitt found the sole survivor of the Burke and Wills Expedition at Cooper Creek, and the sad fate of Burke and Wills was finally revealed. However, the news of the explorers’ demise would take another two months to reach Melbourne.
One win away from a SANFL Grand Final
In his opening season of SANFL football with the Woodville West Torrens Eagles, 23-year-old Kobe Mutch is preparing for a second semi-final clash against ladder leaders, Glenelg, at Adelaide Oval tonight (Saturday, September 18).
Sad Max: Our rigs flogged to the highest bidder
A nightmarish squadron of vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road is up for auction later this month, and it looks like Broken Hill might be robbed of its rightful Hollywood heritage for a second time.
Dees versus Dogs it is
hey were the endings no one expected. The top four teams of the 2021 season battled it out in the Preliminary Finals over the weekend, and they were far from close games.
Age, rage and the virtual stage: The late-life rebirth of Steve Kilbey
On a weekend in September of 2020, a handful of Broken Hill people got to witness something special.
Back to work you bastards!
Politicians and thousands of angry NSW residents have signed a petition urging the Berejiklian Government to reopen Parliament immediately.