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Artists are drawn to this historic outback mining town where creative energy meets red dirt, says the former director of the Broken Heel festival, Esther La Rovere

Further compensation could be paid to residents of an outback town after a week of power outages as their network operator faces the prospect of fines.

As thousands of Australians again live through an annoying energy blackout, the nation is reminded of more widespread supply vulnerabilities.

NSW premier Chris Minns says state’s far west let down by privatisation after region’s only working large-scale emergency generator failed

A major power outage has halted swimming legend Kyle Chalmers' visit to Broken Hill but locals will get a chance to grill the NSW premier over relief.

Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure in house sparrows and children is another sobering reminder of this shared health burden.

From Broken Hill to Cooktown to Port Hedland, the centres support people who may not otherwise be able to pursue higher education

The Mad Max films are set in an arid, barren, post-apocalyptic world known in the movies as “the wasteland”. This is a world of environmental and civil collapse caused by humans. Resources like water are scarce. Clothes, food and transport – such as the film’s famous customised cars – are…

The NSW town’s 126-year-old Barrier Daily Truth closed its doors last month – and more regional newsrooms could follow without funding certainty