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UNCOVERED: Bourke | History Defined

NSW:'I'm sorry': cop's parting words before taking his life

Months after being sent to work in a remote town, a struggling police officer told his partner he loved her before ending his own life alone in his vehicle.

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'I'm sorry': cop's parting words before taking his life

Months after being sent to work in a remote town, a struggling police officer told his partner he loved her before ending his own life alone in his vehicle.

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'Swagging it': tractor fanatics to trek across outback

It will take a fortnight for 10 tractor drivers to make the trip from Bourke to Birdsville going 23km/h, a long and slow journey for a good cause.

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Youth crime debate flares as teen dies in pursuit crash

A teen died and three others were injured after a police pursuit of an allegedly stolen car ended in tragedy in an outback town.

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Overwhelmed rookies policing 'most dangerous' town

Inexperienced police are being sent to rural and regional areas while governments struggle to address the root causes of crime, an inquiry has been told.

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Two Indigenous teens died in a car crash – a drunk, white predator lived. Decades on, the family still seeks justice

The report from parliament’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children is due this week – for one Bourke family, it’s another step on a long road for police accountability

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Call for investigation after media labels five-year-old ‘kindergarten crim’ following NSW police comments

Barwon MP Roy Butler says ‘flashy headlines create bias’ after it was revealed officers have not spoken to any of the alleged offenders nor laid any charges

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Medicare for the justice system: the NSW lawyers who cover 200,000 sq km to see their clients

Community legal centre outreach programs provide a vital service for remote areas but resourcing problems mean they could vanish any time

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Telstra apologises for lengthy network outage in outback NSW on Mother's Day weekend

A text message warning residents of a week of upgrade work in northern NSW failed to send and coincided with a separate landline outage, leaving the people of Bourke with extremely limited communication.

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Kenneth Knight jailed for at least 12 years over stabbing murder of partner in Bourke

Kenneth James Knight will spend time behind bars for the murder of his partner in remote western New South Wales. A judge described the murder as an "impulsive and spontaneous" act in which Knight had no intention to kill.

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Man admits woman's DV-murder in Bourke

A man will face a sentence hearing in March after pleading guilty to the domestic-violence related murder of a woman in Bourke.

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Giving UK backpackers the choice of Bondi or the ‘back of Bourke’ will only worsen Australia’s farm worker shortage

Fewer backpackers will mean higher labour costs for farmers. Are you ready to pay more for food?

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Ryan Butta says Afghan cameleers were ignored by Henry Lawson, and our national story is the poorer for it

Many people are unaware of the history of the Afghan cameleers in Australia and their early contribution to society.

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Summer flooding makes 10-year Darling River dream a reality for kayakers

While summer flooding has caused much heartache, for a group of paddlers, it's meant the realisation of a 10-year dream: to paddle more than 200 kilometres down the flooded Darling River.

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Help save a life this Easter weekend

There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

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NSW education policy boss promises country students will get better access to opportunities

A new era of cooperation between the New South Wales Department of Education and rural parents is set to begin, according to the head of the newly-formed Regional, Rural and Remote Education Policy Unit.

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Nurses feared for their lives, as town of Bourke grapples with rising crime

Nurses say they have been abused, threatened and assaulted in the town of Bourke. They are afraid the threat of violence is compromising the care of patients at the local hospital.

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Bourke transformed by floodwaters heading for South Australia

Two years ago, boats sat on the dry Darling River in Bourke. Now floodwaters have arrived, bringing hope to the town.

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