The Barrier Daily Truth (BDT) is the local newspaper for the remote mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales.

The Barrier Daily Truth covers a range of stories that affect local residents, including industrial news relating to the mines and stories submitted by readers such as local sport stories. The BDT also covers national news events of importance.

The Barrier Daily Truth is owned by the Barrier Industrial Council

Barrier Industrial Council

The Barrier Industrial Council is the Labour council for the isolated mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.The organisation grew out of three of the largest strikes in Australia's history in 1892, 1909 and 1919...

 and is one of the few small newspapers in Australia to remain locally owned.

History

The Barrier Daily Truth started in 1897 as a weekly news sheet. It was printed in Adelaide until 10 September 1898 when it became called the Barrier Daily Truth and began printing locally.

In 1899 the news sheet format was abandoned in favour of a proper newspaper, and in July 1899 the newspaper became owned by the Australian Labour Federation.

On 31 October 1904 the current building in which the Barrier Daily Truth resigned began construction. The building was completed in February 1905. A second story was added to the building in 1908. In the late 1970s the building was refurbished to house a modern offset press.