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In a first for Broken Hill, local drag queen Amanda Screetly will be hosting Drag Queen Story Hour at the Broken Hill City Library to celebrate this year’s Broken Heel Festival.

Ms Screetly volunteered her time to host the special event to celebrate acceptance and diversity.

“The event is about showing that it is okay to be yourself and to celebrate our differences, because differences can be what makes life fun!” said Ms Screetly.

“There will be stories, craft, dancing and dressing up - and who doesn’t love dressing up?

The Broken Hill City Council invites Expressions of Interest from people interested in being volunteer members of the Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) Reference Group. This group is a consultative forum to provide strategic advice on the development of the PAMP to the administration and Council.

A PAMP is a comprehensive document containing pedestrian policies and programs for building pedestrian facilities. PAMPs aim to co-ordinate investment in safe, convenient and connected pedestrian routes. A PAMP provides a framework for developing pedestrian routes or areas identified by the community as important for enhanced,...

Council Locals are encouraged to familiarise themselves with new operating hours of several Council facilities before they come into effect next week.

The City Library, Regional Art Gallery, and Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum (GeoCentre) will all adopt new hours from August 13.

The new hours were voted in by Councillors at the June meeting, and will better align the facilities' operating hours with the city's tourism trends, and other similar facilities across the State.

Council's General Manager, James Roncon, said the move to the...

Locals are invited to inspect the newly refurbished Civic Centre at a Community Open Day to be held on Sunday.

Mayor Darriea Turley said the reopening of the Civic Centre to the public would be a momentous occasion for all residents.

"Reopening the Centre will be a real watershed moment not just for Council, but for our city and its economy," said Mayor Turley

"The setbacks that have been endured during the refurbishment have been extensively documented, so it's going to be incredibly beneficial move past all that and celebrate the Centre's...