Bill Ormonde is a video journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He covers regional interest and world news, focusing on significant stories in outback New South Wales, including the Wilcannia COVID outbreak and the Menindee fish kill. Bill has also contributed to prominent ABC current affairs programs such as AM and The World Today.
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Bill Ormonde's coverage focuses on local news, particularly in the New South Wales region of Australia. His articles cover a wide range of topics including agriculture, farming, government announcements and politics. Given this focus, experts with insights into local agricultural practices or government policies impacting rural areas would be valuable sources for Bill.
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By: Kristina Rosengren, Coquohalla Connor, Bill Ormonde
Alice Wilkinson loved music. The 13-year-old from Broken Hill would often collate playlists with songs from the 1930s through to the 2011 hit Tongue Tied, which was often on repeat in her bedroom.
By: Bill Ormonde
Barkindji mother-of-two Sonya Dutton, 31, was found in her family's Wilcannia residence on March 29, 2022 — four days after she was reportedly last seen.
By: Bill Ormonde
Heavy rain sweeps across Broken Hill ahead of Christmas.
By: Bill Ormonde
The heavy rainfall is welcomed by graziers and follows months of dry conditions in the state's far west, with hot temperatures and wind battering the land.
It resembles an inland sea — teeming with birdlife. Deep in the outback, Narriearra-Caryapundy Swamp National Park is probably not what you'd expect to find after a 15-hour drive from Sydney.
By: Bill Ormonde
For more than a decade Aussie farmer Stuart Barden has called Kenya home, after initially travelling there as part of an agricultural scholarship, he saw what others didn't - hidden potential.
By: Bill Ormonde
One of dozens of ostrichs that roam Stuart Barden's farm south of Nairobi. ABC News: Bill Ormonde
Women sort beans on Ausquest farm in Nairobi, Kenya. An Australian farmer is trying to shift perceptions of what's possible in Kenyan agriculture, by providing a commercial example to other farmers.
By: Bill Ormonde
More than two years since a health hazard led to Broken Hill's Willyama High School being knocked down, work on the "world-class" facility planned to replace is expected to begin.
By: Briana Fiore, Bill Ormonde
Thu 28 May 2026 at 8:45pm As the melody of the butcherbird swirls with the wind, a bus rumbles along a dirt track in outback Australia, leaving plumes of red dust in its wake.
