Broken Hill nurse and midwife, Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, has been honoured, with the drill hall at Broken Hill High School now named after the World War II veteran this last weekend.
Month: February 2023
Local unemployment rate well above state average
Broken Hill’s unemployment rate is sitting at 5.6%, and some of it may be down to people not wanting to work says one local businessman.
Drought Preparedness Program seeks collaborators
Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative Community Impact Program is seeking NFP partners from across the Far West
Fay Newell $5000 scholarship open for nursing and medicine
Broken Hill residents studying nursing or medicine are invited to apply for the Fay Newell Scholarship. The Scholarship is an annual award of $5000 funded through a generous gift provided to the Broken Hill Health Service by the late Fay Newell OAM.
Silverton open day on the near horizon
Silverton Village Committee, businesses, and individuals, are all pulling together to make sure the upcoming open day on February 25 is a success.
Heritage Walk Tour Volunteers Raise $20k
Broken Hill Heritage Walk Tour group has raised $20,000 recently for various charities in Broken Hill.
St Pats Race Day nears
St Pats Race Day is a little under three weeks away and work has begun in earnest to ensure the 2023 version is the best one yet.
Rockt App Set to Launch
A new app is being piloted in Broken Hill in the coming weeks that promises to change the traditional process of looking for work. Called Rockt, it promises to ‘reinvent recruitment, moving forward to create an agile workforce’.
Mark Coulton Comms Claims Called Out
Parkes MP Mark Coulton has attacked the Labor government on mobile blackspot funding, claiming 25 out of 26 new grants under the Improving Mobile Coverage Round of the Mobile Black Spots Program have gone to Labor electorates.
Sixty years of Firies service
Three Broken Hill firefighters have been recognised for their years of service and presented with medals to signify their many decades-long commitment to the job and service to the community.