Broken Hill man dies after being sucked into pipe during flooding

Broken Hill man dies after being sucked into pipe during flooding

Between 9am on Tuesday and 6am on Wednesday,72.4mm of rain fell in Broken Hill - the town’s wettest day since 2010.

  • bySarah Keoghan

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SA wouldn’t accept dying teenager after misdiagnosis ‘muddied water’

SA wouldn’t accept dying teenager after misdiagnosis ‘muddied water’

An inquest into the death of teenager Alex Braes has heard he was left stranded at Broken Hill because of a trouble-plagued transfer system with South Australia.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Kids keen for Indigenous culture classes,as schools open their gates

Kids keen for Indigenous culture classes,as schools open their gates

As kids head back to the classroom for face-to-face learning,teachers in Broken Hill say their students are keen to get back to language and culture lessons.

  • byCameron Gooley
‘Humanitarian crisis’ in Wilcannia as NSW considers extra quarantine

‘Humanitarian crisis’ in Wilcannia as NSW considers extra quarantine

A leaked letter from a respected Aboriginal organisation has labelled the COVID response in far western NSW as “chaotic” and says mistakes are “mounting”.

  • byCameron Gooley
Adaptation strikes a chord
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Adaptation strikes a chord

While an ad campaign proves to be less than handy.

Whistleblower doctor ‘yelled at’ after demanding investigation into patient’s avoidable death

Whistleblower doctor ‘yelled at’ after demanding investigation into patient’s avoidable death

Dr Nigel Roberts’ testimony to a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday bore disturbing similarities to earlier claims about the cover up of avoidable deaths in other regional NSW hospitals.

  • byCarrie Fellner
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Broken Hill is booming and might be the most progressive place in the country
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Broken Hill is booming and might be the most progressive place in the country

The local literary and arts communities are flourishing,even as the bars are bursting.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Teen driver charged with attempted murder after two pedestrians hit

Teen driver charged with attempted murder after two pedestrians hit

An 18-year-old man has been arrested at a home in Broken Hill after allegedly deliberately ploughing into two pedestrians in March.

  • bySarah McPhee
Staff in fear of more deaths after flesh-eating bug strikes twice
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Staff in fear of more deaths after flesh-eating bug strikes twice

Peter Carter nearly died from a rare flesh-eating bacteria after being sent home from a hospital’s emergency department,in a case that bears a striking resemblance to the death of Alex Braes.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘I’m traumatised’:Doctor apologises after teenager’s hospital death

‘I’m traumatised’:Doctor apologises after teenager’s hospital death

A doctor has made a tearful apology to the family of a teenager who died an excruciating death after he was turned away three times from a NSW hospital.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘Can pain kill you?’:Teen’s final words after he was turned away from NSW hospital

‘Can pain kill you?’:Teen’s final words after he was turned away from NSW hospital

An inquest has heard flesh-eating bacteria may have been behind the “excruciating death” of a teenager after a hospital turned him away three times.

  • byCarrie Fellner