Mundi Mundi offers music fans complimentary day amid improved weather
Thousands had to be turned away from the Mundi Mundi Bash outback music festival in Broken Hill after…
‘Out of control’ cost-of-living pressures driving demand for food, housing charities in regions
Rosslynne Crawford is sleeping under “the peppercorn tree”, as she likes to call it. The 38-year-old Barkindji woman…
‘Saturated’ outback music festival Mundi Mundi Bash forced to turn away some ticket holders
One of Australia’s largest outback music festivals has been forced to turn away some of its 15,000 ticket…
Menindee Lakes: Ecologist finds 400 dead pelicans at Lake Cawndilla
Hundreds of native pelicans have dropped dead at a highly significant wildlife wetland, with authorities left scrambling to…
Dust Off and Dish Up celebrates 70 years of School of the Air’s remote education
Coming together to share a meal can look a little different for those living on remote stations across…
Broken Hill pays homage to champion of outback’s Silver City Cinema
The outback town of Broken Hill and its surrounds in far west New South Wales are the backdrop…
Australia’s rarest reptile, the kungaka skink, found in far west NSW national park
In the depths of far west NSW, one of Australia’s rarest reptiles hides. For the past 25 years,…
Brisbane couple give up city life, careers, and move to outback to run Silverton Hotel
Burnt out by city life and their respective jobs in Brisbane, Liz Murphy and Norm Matau needed a…
Water is under pressure in the Great Artesian Basin
The Great Artesian Basin covers a fifth of Australia and contains water that has been there for millions…
Rex mid-air engine failure days after fire a ‘big concern’, passenger says
A Broken Hill councillor who was on a home-bound flight from Sydney when one of the plane’s engines…
Rex flight evacuated after engine catches fire at Adelaide Airport
Passengers on an early morning flight between Adelaide and Broken Hill had to be evacuated before take-off following…
Children are being ‘poisoned’ by high lead levels as state government agency is accused of report cover-up
The NSW government is being accused of a cover-up following revelations a key government body sat on a…