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Barrier Highway reopens after fatal crash
The main thoroughfare connecting far west New South Wales to Sydney and Adelaide has reopened nearly 24 hours after a car and truck collided on Sunday.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Road Accidents and Incidents
MLC says abortion policy a 'terrible mess' at NSW public hospitals
The NSW government is asked to explain what it is doing to guarantee and enhance access to abortions at public hospitals after temporary bans at some regional hospitals.
Published:Source:ABC Central WestTopic:Abortion
Historic paddleboat becomes cheap alternative to 'expensive' housing for shipwright
While some 22-year-olds are saving for a house, an Adelaide man has purchased a piece of paddle-steaming history, hoping to save money on housing as well as satisfying his inland shipping history interests.
Published:Source:ABC RiverlandTopic:History
'Represents how broken you feel': Mosaic headstones help people with grief
An Aboriginal community in far west New South Wales works through grief for lost loved ones with a hands-on project using the art of mosaic.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Death and Dying
Rain brings relief to outback town on the brink of running out of water
Residents in the outback town of White Cliffs had been preparing for the worst after enduring a dry six months.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Water Supply
Little hope for ex-cyclone flows in NSW, Victoria and SA, experts warn
As one end of the country contends with the fallout from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, another part of Australia is battling the opposite conditions.
Published:Source:ABC NewsTopic:Murray-Darling Basin
Second alleged prison escapee recaptured in Broken Hill
A 28-year-old man who allegedly escaped from a Broken Hill prison has been recaptured following a two-day manhunt. A second alleged escapee is back in custody, and the two have been given additional charges.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Prisons
Police hunt inmate who escaped outback correctional centre
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 28-year-old man who escaped from Broken Hill Correctional Centre on Sunday.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Crime
Outback parents scramble to find accommodation after hostel closure
Families on remote outback stations say they've been left in the lurch after a student boarding house closed suddenly.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Rural and Remote Communities
Jo's outback gym is the road into town and the coach is on her wrist
Australians are using wearable technology more than ever to keep fit, and for those living in remote and regional areas it has brought the gym to their doorstep.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Fitness and Exercise
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Truck driver pleads not guilty over deadly crash with freight train
Mick Warren and Kevin Baker died on New Year's Eve 2023 when their train collided with a truck at a level crossing near the SA-NSW border.
Published:Source:ABC North and West SATopic:Courts
Third man nabbed in alleged $1m collectable coin robbery
A third man has faced court in New South Wales charged over an alleged robbery in South Australia in which collectable coins worth $1 million, cash and firearms were stolen.
Published:Source:ABC NewsTopic:Armed Robbery
Green light for nation's first underground compressed air energy plant
An old mine in Broken Hill will be re-purposed by Canadian company Hydrostor as an "innovative" renewable energy storage and generation project tipped to create hundreds of local construction jobs.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Energy Industry
Huge haul of cash and guns recovered in NSW after SA home break-in, police say
A large amount of cash, guns and collectable coins have been recovered, and two men arrested in western New South Wales, following a violent break-in at a home in regional South Australia.
Published:Source:ABC NewsTopic:Armed Robbery
Prison inspector calls to close 'dark, dilapidated' cells built in 1880s
A NSW jail that has been operating continuously for more than 130 years should be partially closed, according to a new report by the state's prison inspector.
Published:Source:ABC Central WestTopic:Prisons
Smartphone mishap triggers big outback crash 'emergency'
When the 19-year-old's phone fell from her ute tray while she was checking water troughs in far west New South Wales, it triggered a region-wide emergency response.
Published:Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Disaster and Emergency Response
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