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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew Schmidt |Josh Mercer |Bill Ormonde
Drilling results from the Pinnacles Mine near Broken Hill, owned by Broken Hill Mines and the Williams family, have yielded promising signs. Samples indicating high-grade zinc, lead and silver relatively close to the surface have been sent away for further testing. A resources analyst says the tests are "only scraping the surface" and more exploration work is likely. A partnership between a Broken Hill family and an Australian mining company is attempting to re-inject life into an old mine.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde |Andrew Schmidt
One of the main questions Shane Goodwin is asked by tourists and locals about the towering mound of ore that overlooks Broken Hill is "do you know what's happening up there?"Now he can say that after years spent collecting dust the vacant Line of Lode complex is set for a revival.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde |Sarah McConnell
An underground fire at a Chinese-owned mine in Broken Hill has re-ignited and spread to multiple levels. The initial blaze at Perilya's southern zinc, lead and silver mine began at about 11:30pm on Sunday night and was extinguished by 7:30am this morning. However, the blaze re-ignited at about 11am. Broken Hill's Mayor Tom Kennedy said the fire, believed to be at least 500 meters underground, "self-combusted" due to the heat and restarted on its own.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde |Josh Mercer
While Broken Hill residents are accustomed to the clockwork daily rumblings underfoot of mine blasts, this was different. In less than 30 hours, three separate earthquakes were recorded within 100 kilometres of the outback mining city in far west New South Wales. A 2.6 magnitude earthquake struck the region just before midnight on Friday, followed by a 4.1 magnitude quake at 2.50pm on Saturday and a 3.3 magnitude tremor at 5.30am today.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde
As the scorching summer sun bears down on Wilcannia, the Darling River has a distinct and sickly green tinge to it. With temperatures expected to reach 47 degrees Celsius today and remain in the high 30Cs, and low 40Cs for the foreseeable future in western New South Wales, there's no respite for this part of one of Australia's largest waterways. Multiple times each week, Barkindji rangers like Vincent Quayle head up and down the river in a dingy testing oxygen levels.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde
As Jinda Holland sorts through hundreds of eggs on a farm south of Adelaide, AC/DC can be heard blasting from his large oversized black headphones. Bon Scott, Michael Jackson and "anything that's fast" is often also heard echoing out of the chicken caravans on site. "You know what the chickens love it, the chickens love singing along … I sing along," he says. It is one of only a handful of jobs the 39-year-old has ever had, and it is his favourite by far.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde
For many rural Australians with disabilities, employment opportunities can be hard to come by. But a brother-sister duo in South Australia are doing something about it. They've recently started an egg farm that's providing meaningful jobs and financial independence to their employees with disabilities. Featured: Jinda Holland, worker at Rise and Shine Eggs Gabi Kinsley, worker at Rise and Shine Eggs Heather Pearce, owner of Rise and Shine EggsAlistair Pearce, owner of Rise and Shine Eggs
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde
From the air it looks like business as usual for the Mannions at their property three hours north-west of Broken Hill, on the edge of the outback. But a closer inspection reveals the sheep in their yard aren't wool-growing merinos. The family is transitioning away from traditional sheep breeds grown for their wool and into dorper sheep, known for their meat. Grazier Michelle Mannion said a poor wool market and increasing costs had forced their hand after decades of working with merinos.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Dana Morse |Bill Ormonde
In Broken Hill rolling blackouts have mostly stopped and mains power is expected to be reconnected in the coming days, two weeks after a massive windstorm downed transmission towers, leaving 20,000 residents in the region without power. Life though has not completely returned to normal. Mine workers have been stood down and investigations have been launched into electricity operator Transgrid.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde
As parents in country towns and remote locations across Australia struggle to find child care for their kids, one woman in outback New South Wales has taken matters into her own hands. A report released this year by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found lower income, remote and First Nations people were adversely impacted by a lack of affordable child care.
