The Latest Breaking News from Broken Hill

Broken Hill receives 20 per cent of annual rainfall total in a night as storms roll through outback

The outback city has received almost double its average annual rainfall in the past 12 months.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

Broken Hill National Party members resign days after state election preselection

An outgoing Nationals candidate says party polling results are "pretty hard to swallow" and prompted him to resign just days after winning a spot on the state election ticket.

ABC News · Sep 22, 2022

LGBTQIA+ teens' Prideful Broken Hill, Rainbow Shoelace Project gains worldwide popularity

Growing up in a remote mining city, teenagers Abbie Kelly and Max Dawnn are no strangers to discrimination. They want to change the way LGBTQIA+ people are treated.

ABC News · Sep 5, 2022

Broken Hill's Harold Williams Home in lockdown as aged residents, staff, test positive for COVID-19

Visitors will be unable to attend a Broken Hill aged care facility for more than a week after about 20 aged residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

ABC News · Jul 18, 2022

John Pickup's lengthy ABC career included everything from recording rhinos to covering the Olympics

The former radio and TV broadcaster was part of many memorable moments at the ABC, including covering the Olympics and broadcasting from a telephone exchange.

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022

The Broken Hill Pub joins growing list of local hospitality businesses hitting the market

The Broken Hill Pub, most commonly known as The BHP, has made a surprise entry into the local real estate market. Several large hospitality businesses in the outback city have been put up for sale over a short period of time.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

Algate House Boys' Home former residents make child abuse allegations, lawyers say

A Sydney law firm says former residents of Algate House Boys' Home in Broken Hill, which was run by the Salvation Army between 1968 and 1996, have made allegations of historic child abuse.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2022

NSW man charged with attempted murder

A 43-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after an attack on a woman he knows in the NSW outback town of Broken Hill.

AAP · May 31, 2022

Coroner in Alex Braes inquest scathing of care at Broken Hill Hospital provided to 18yo who died of sepsis

An inquest calls out shortcomings in the care of 18-year-old Alex Baes, who died from a toe infection despite attending Broken Hill Hospital four times in less than two days.

ABC News · May 30, 2022

Broken Hill teen's 'unacceptable' care

A NSW coroner has found serious and unacceptable gaps in hospital care for Broken Hill teenager Alex Braes, who died of sepsis.

AAP · May 30, 2022