Tom Kennedy is set to become the new mayor of the Broken Hill City Council. The independent candidate has received almost 55 percent of the counted votes according to the NSW Electoral Commission.
Month: December 2021
Broken Hill teachers join the State on Strike
Two-hundred teachers in Broken Hill assembled at the Barrier Industrial Councils Trades Hall on Tuesday to get the message across loud and clear they are overwhelmed, overworked and underpaid.
Retirement plan became retirement disaster
Arthur Bunny fulfilled one of the great Australian retirement dreams, buy a pub – then came COVID.
Emily goes for the big posts
The Barrier Truth’s illustrious sports journalist, Emily Ferguson, has handed in her zoom lens to study sports media in Melbourne and she explained how a young woman in a mining town became its Australian Football League (AFL) reporter.
BRETT’S “HAND” IN GLENELG’S 100TH SEASON
The Glenelg Football Club is intrinsically connected to Broken Hill through premiership players Jack Owens (1934 Captain), Steve Hywood (1973) and Chris Duthy (1985-86).
Locals urged to stay sun smart
BROKEN HILL residents are reminded to practice sensible safety behaviours while out in the sun.
Insects – the good, the bad, and the rather pretty
It might seem odd for Landcare to be talking about insects in favourable terms, as farmers are often using insecticides to control infestations.
Bandicoots are bouncing back
BANDICOOTS are bouncing back in Corner Country in a collaboration to rewild Sturt National Park.
SA TOP COP MUST “TALK OR GO”
The South Australian Police Commissioner must resign his post unless he agrees to co-operate – truthfully – with investigations into his conduct. That’s the opinion of experienced barrister, Michael Fuller, who has been assisting former Broken Hill boy, Ian Lawton, through a dreadful maze of alleged police corruption in South Australia.
Gingerbread houses
Cinnamon and cloves and Christmas spirit filled the air at St James church last week for a Gingerbread House workshop, a fundraiser for the Anglican Parish of Broken Hill and the Far West.