Episodes
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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…
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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.
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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…
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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...
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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…
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Sat 26 Oct: Far West Power press conference update
Press Conference held at the Broken Hill Police Station at 11.30am on Saturday 26 October. In attendance NSW Minister for Energy Penny Sharpe, Member for Barwon Roy Butler, NSW Police Superintendent David Cooper and Transgrid Representative Sam Pickering. Audio supplied by NSW government.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns visits Broken Hill
NSW Premier Chris Minns visited the far west NSW towns of Broken Hill and Wilcannia on 24 October 2024 to meet locals affected by the power outage. Listen to Premier Chris Minns Press conference held at midday at Sturt Park.
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"I haven't slept in days" Graeme Tunes from Adkins Hardware
Back-up power has been restored to the far west NSW town of Broken Hill but locals are not taking chances. As news came that power was being restored to Broken Hill, people were gathering outside Adkins Hardware Store on Tuesday night, October 22, waiting for a truckload of generators to arrive…
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Thief steals generator powering vaccine fridges
Tens of thousands of dollars of medication will have to be thrown out after a thief stole a generator which was powering two fridges full of vaccines at a Broken Hill pharmacy. The far west of NSW has been relying on generator power since a storm came through last Wednesday night and destroyed...
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Far West NSW to be powered by diesel generators for weeks
The NSW electricity operator and manager Transgrid says it will take several weeks to fix the transmission towers that were destroyed in a storm that passed through the far west of New South Wales on Wednesday night October 17, 2024. General Manager of Network Operations Jason Krstanoski told A...
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2024 COUNCIL ELECTION preview: meet the mayoral candidates
Dave Gallagher, Tom Kennedy and Darriea Turley are the mayoral candidates for the Broken Hill City Council election on September 14. A Home in the Outback's founding editor Katherine Waite sat down with the three candidates to hear their Broken Hill story, learn the values that drive them and…
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Mundi Mundi 2024: John Blore from Belmont Station
Mundi Mundi is hosted by the Blore family on Belmont Station. As the sun was setting on another bash, owner John Blore sat down to talk to A Home in the Outback on Saturday night about the festival and his involvement behind the scenes with the water truck. He's just spent the afternoon drafting...
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Mundi Mundi 2024: Festival Director with local crew
Lucas Trihey is the Festival Director for Mundi Mundi and he spoke with A Home in the Outback during the bash about how it came to be at Belmont Station, a remote station in far west NSW. Also participating in the interview sisters Shannan Botten and Cassie Koch who were employed to help with…
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Mundi Mundi 2024: Shane Howard with guests
Australian singer Shane Howard performed at Mundi Mundi 2024. He was joined on stage with school students from the far west as part of a Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) Residency Camp. Forty-four students from 7 schools were involved in the residency which happened from Monday to...
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Broken Hill's Heavy Metal Band Firestorm Aus & NZ Tour
Broken Hill’s Heavy Metal band Firestorm have recently returned to Broken Hill after touring Australia and New Zealand with Canadian band Unleash the Archers. I sat down with the four band members to chat about the tour, the history of heavy metal in Broken Hill and a new upcoming heavy metal…
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AGFAIR 2024: Jaddan Bruhn
One of the stall holders at Agfair 2024 was Jaddan Bruhn who was selling Broken Hill and Silverton greeting cards and gifts using his original photography and artwork and archival images. Jaddan says his works are inspired by the landscape, buildings, textures and people of Broken Hill, in...
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AGFAIR 2024: Annabelle Smith
Butcher Girl Alison Meagher was a special guest at Agfair 2024 providing four demonstrates over the two days on how to use the whole beast in butchery. On Saturday morning I attended the demonstration and up on stage with Alison was local school student Annabelle Smith from Scarsdale Station. I...
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AGFAIR 2024: Emily McInerney
Agfair 2024 saw the launch of the book Pubs, Publicans and People of Broken Hill and the far west by local writer Emily McInerney. I caught up with Emily at the Broken Hill Book Company Stall to talk to her about the book. All books brought to Broken Hill were sold and more are on the way to…
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AGFAIR 2024: Lucy Gale
There’s a real buzz in Broken Hill at the moment with the biennial Agfair Show which is held at the race course. There’s stalls showcasing farming and agriculture equipment, clothing, art and crafts as well as entertainment and cooking demonstrations. I went along for the good old country catch…
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Live at PETRICHOR
On Thursday 2 May, Katherine Waite facilitated a discussion at Petrichor Bar in Broken Hill with podcast guests Lori Emment, Heather Pearce and Ben Clavel in front of a live audience. As you can imagine, live events always have the special quality of the unexpected and sometimes the audio doesn't...
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Robert Williamson - apprentice to mining exec
Meet Robert Williamson, the A-grouper who trained as an apprentice in Broken Hill and worked his way up to be a mining executive. Robert is the oldest of four boys but when his mother died from breast cancer, he decided to stay in Broken Hill and help his father. He got himself a trade at Zinc…
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Lori Emment – living with prosopagnosia or face blindness
Meet Lori Emment, a local Broken Hill person who spent a lot of her life not being about to remember people’s faces. Lori spent a lot of her life being told that she was dumb, lazy and self-centred and she believed it. She could see people’s faces but never remember them. As a child, she would...
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Airlie Gladman - teenage life in Broken Hill
Airlie is the daughter of a local GP in Broken Hill. Her dad trained to be a doctor as a parent and so Airlie and her siblings moved around a lot as children. The family moved back to Broken Hill when Airlie was in Grade 7 and she has remained here since. Unfortunately, Airlie was bullied in high...
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David Doyle - aboriginal health worker and artist
Meet David Doyle, Barkandji/Malyangapa man who is a health worker, artist, writer and entrepreneur. He is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback, an independent podcast about people living, working and creating in the far west of NSW. David was born in Broken Hill but his family is from the...
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Ann Evers - basket weaver and native gardener
Meet Ann Evers a basket weaver and arid gardener who has lived in Broken Hill for 50 years. She is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback, an independent podcast about people living, working and creating in the far west of NSW. Anne was born in Perth to English parents; her father was a…
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Hugh Lord - outback farmer and pilot
Meet Hugh Lord, a 5th generation farmer at Thackaringa Station, a property 40 km south-west of Broken Hill. He is also a commercial pilot and runs H & A air with his GP wife Dr Aliza Lord. He is honest, hard-working, humourous and grounded. Hugh and his father, David Lord, are the farmers on the...
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Heather Pearce’s vision for health in the outback
Meet Heather Pearce, the CEO of Thrive Medical and an Occupational Therapist. She is a visionary and problem-solver who works with others to achieve outcomes for regional people. She is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback, an independent podcast about people living, working and creating in the...
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Dawud Abu Junaid Gos - Muqaddam of The Sufi Centre
Meet Dawud Abu Junaid Gos, the Muqaddam (meaning 'the one brought forward) of the Sufi Centre in Broken Hill. He is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback, an independent podcast about people living, working and creating in the far west of NSW. I’m your host, Katherine Waite. Dawud was born in...
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Jane Vaughan on children's literacy in the outback
Meet the enthusiastic and passionate Jane Vaughan who is co-founder, co-director and employee of Big Sky Stories, a community-based organisation in Broken Hill which wants to give children in the far west of New South Wales a love of stories and reading. She is today’s guest on A Home in the...
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Ben Clavel - former NSW police officer living with PTSD
Meet Ben Clavel a former New South Wales police officer and now English-channel swimmer living with post-traumatic stress disorder. He is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback. Ben joined the police force as a young adult. He loved working for the police and found his passion in proactive police...
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Coming Soon
Join me from 12 February 2024 to hear from people living, working and creating in the Far West New South Wales town of Broken Hill. I am an interviewer and writer based in Broken Hill. Music by Aimee Volkofsky Thanks to support from Foundation Broken Hill and Spicer's Creative....