Prevention and control are the best ways to manage outbreaks of fruit fly in Broken Hill.
Month: December 2021
Menindee Country Women’s Association Turns 70
Menindee Country Women’s Association (CWA) ladies have announced an open day and market this Sunday after a year of planned dances, trivia nights and other celebrations were stopped by COVID.
Correctional Services Coping through COVID
Broken Hill Correctional Centre staff are working tirelessly to create new learning opportunities for people in custody by engaging them in creative projects including the recent construction of a yarning circle.
Betts back to SACA District cricket this weekend
A part of the Perth Scorchers squad that saw Women’s Big Bash League glory against the Strikers last week, Betts has returned to SA.
A day of discord
Some brought their children, smiling uneasily above t-shirts with slogans they couldn’t possibly understand. Others rode motorbikes or motorised mobility scooters. Almost all carried placards or waved upside-down flags – a sign, I was told, that “Australia is under distress”. They were Broken Hill’s contingent of the national Millions March Against Mandatory Vaccinations, which saw thousands swarm into the business districts of the nation’s capitals and dozens of regional centres last Saturday.
Climate Change: Broken Hill’s Economic Opportunity
For more than 150 years, Broken Hill has been a mining town. Its history of strikes and struggle is legendary; many of the basic industrial rights that Australians take for granted were first won by the miners of Broken Hill. That struggle made sure that the Broken Hill’s mineral wealth was shared with the workers who have produced it.
Dugout ownership agreements decided
Residents in White Cliffs are unhappy with the agreement surrounding the ownership of dugout homes. A push for freehold, that spanned two decades, has now left many locals dissatisfied and worried about the future after it could not be negotiated by NSW Crown Lands.