The Barrier Industrial Council is the Labour council

Labour council

A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level...

 for the isolated mining town of Broken Hill

Broken Hill, New South Wales

-Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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The organisation grew out of three of the largest strikes in Australia's history in 1892, 1909 and 1919. It was formed in 1923 by eighteen unions and grew to be one of the most influential forces in the politics of the city of Broken Hill in the late twentieth century. Its influence has declined to some extent with the reduction in union militancy and activism but it is still an important organisation in local politics.

It also owns Broken Hill's only newspaper, the "Barrier Daily Truth

Barrier Daily Truth

The Barrier Daily Truth 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...

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