A Home in the Outback

Katherine Waite
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A Home in the Outback is a multi-media news company based in Broken Hill in the Far West of New South Wales. www.ahomeintheoutback.com Also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AHomeintheOutback

  1. End of a chapter: Johnathan Cooper

    11/23/2024

    End of a chapter: Johnathan Cooper

    The Broken Hill Bookshop's Johnathan Cooper has announced a buyer for his argent street business he set up in early 2022. He'll be bidding farewell to town at the end of 2024. A Home in the Outback's Katherine Waite sat down with Johnathan outside the bookshop to talk about living in the far west, what led him to start this bookshop and the stories he'll take with him on his next chapter.

    25 min
  2. Andrew McDonough: children's author and illustrator visits children in remote NSW

    11/10/2024

    Andrew McDonough: children's author and illustrator visits children in remote NSW

    The Flying Padre David Shrimpton has been flying to remote towns in the the far west of NSW with children's author and illustrator Andrew McDonough. They are on a 10 day tour visiting children in places such as Tibooburra, Wanaaring, Louth, Pooncarie and Clare. A Home in the Outback's Katherine Waite caught up with Andrew in Broken Hill. He has deep roots to Broken Hill - his great grandfather was a photographer in the early 1900’s. His grandfather, Charles Rawling, was employed as the mines artist in the 1920’s. His Uncle Max Bohm was the head of one of the mines 60-70’s and he thinks his great uncle was mayor in the 1920’s.

    6 min

  3. 11/08/2024

    Broken Hill Childcare funding announcement

    The NSW Premier Chris Minns, Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car and Tara Moriarty, Minister for Regional NSW were in Broken Hill on Friday 8 November to announce $1.4 million dollars in funding to double the capacity of Busy Kids Broken Hill from 44 to 88 places, creating 9 additional jobs. The investment will support the construction of a new adaptable daycare classroom as well as other centre upgrades. Audio provided by the NSW government.

    21 min

  4. 10/31/2024

    Thursday 31 October: Far West Power Press Conference

    Audio from the Press Conference held at the Broken Hill Police Station on Thursday 31 October at 2.30pm ACST. Minister for Regional NSW and Western NSW Tara Moriarty was joined by NSW Reconstruction Authority Head of Preparedness and Recovery Joanna Quilty, NSW Police Superintendent David Cooper, Transgrid's Sam Pickering and Essential Energy Mark Summers.

    23 min

  5. 10/31/2024

    Wed 30 October: Far West Power Press Conference

    The press conference held on Wednesday October 30 with NSW Minster for Energy Penny Sharpe, NSW Police Superintendent David Cooper, Essential Energy's Mark Summers, NSW Reconstruction Authority Joanna Quilty and Member for Barwon Roy Butler.

    24 min

  6. 10/29/2024

    Tues 29 Oct: Far West Power Press Conference

    Audio from the press conference held at Broken Hill Police Station on Tuesday 29 October at 12pm ACST. In attendance was NSW Minister for Energy Penny Sharpe, NSW Reconstruction Authority Head of Preparedness and Recovery Joanna Quilty, Member for Barwon Roy Butler, NSW Police Superintendent David Cooper, Transgrid representative Sam Pickering and Essential Energy's Mark Summers. Audio supplied by NSW government.

    24 min

  7. 10/29/2024

    Mon 28 Oct: Far West Power Press Conference

    Audio from the press conference held at Broken Hill Police Station on Monday 28 October at 12pm ACST. In attendance was NSW Minister for Energy Penny Sharpe, Member for Barwon Roy Butler, NSW Police Inspector Andrew Mensforth, Transgrid representative Sam Pickering and Essential Energy's Mark Summers. Audio supplied by NSW government.

    19 min

  8. 10/29/2024

    Sun 27 Oct: Far West Power Press Conference

    Audio from the press conference held at Broken Hill Police Station on Sunday 27 October at 11am. In attendance was NSW Minister for Energy Penny Sharpe, Member for Barwon Roy Butler, NSW Police Superintendent David Cooper, Transgrid representative Sam Pickering and Essential Energy's Mark Summers. Audio supplied by NSW government.

    22 min
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A Home in the Outback is a multi-media news company based in Broken Hill in the Far West of New South Wales. www.ahomeintheoutback.com Also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AHomeintheOutback

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    Katherine Waite
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