The new power project at Coober Pedy has today seen the first mast of two Senvion MM92 turbines from the company’s two-megawatt (MW) portfolio standing verticle against the western horizon.
NEW WIND TURBINES FOR COOBER PEDY
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LOW COST GLASSES FOR SA LOW INCOME EARNERS
A new program has been launched to help vulnerable and disadvantaged South Australians with vision problems to access good quality, affordable glasses.
COOBER PEDY IS SA’s MOST ACCESSIBLE SUBURB FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS
Adelaide is the only mainland capital city where first home buyers can get into the housing market with a deposit under $100,000. A new national report from Bankwest finds South Australia is […]
WEATHER WARNING – HEAVY RAINS FOR COOBER PEDY & FAR NORTH DURING CHRISTMAS!
Coober Pedy and surrounding areas can expect several days of heavy rain over Christmas.
MINING ROAD FUNDING REINSTATED FOR COOBER PEDY PRECIOUS STONES AREAS
Member for Giles, Eddie Hughes, has secured a boost in funding for road maintenance for mining roads in Coober Pedy and surrounds. The $25,000 boost is a reinstatement of funding that was […]
NBN SWITCH-ON DATES ANNOUNCED FOR SOME REGIONAL AREAS
From the 16-12-2016 to 30-12-2016 the nbn will switch on in areas including Moonta, Two Wells, Jamestown, Balaklava, Peterborough, Kadina and Wallaroo as well as parts of Edwardstown, Gawler and Gepps Cross […]
FIRE BAN & FIRE DANGER RATING ADVICE FOR MONDAY 19 December 2016
TOTAL FIRE BANS have been declared for Monday, 19 December 2016 in the following Fire Ban Districts: Northwest Pastoral – Very High Northeast Pastoral – High Flinders – Very High
CLASSIFIED ADS COOBER PEDY DECEMBER+ 2016
COOBER PEDY SWIMMING POOL TO OPEN ON SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER
With temperatures set to soar into the high thirties next week, the Swimming Pool at Coober Pedy will open to the public at 1pm on SATURDAY 10th DECEMBER, 2016.
COOBER PEDY POOL OPENING IMMINENT SAYS STATE GOVERNMENT
Anxious residents in the opal mining town of Coober Pedy today welcomed the news that the local pool may reopen to the general public, possibly later next week with assistance from the state […]
PREVENT TRAGEDY THIS SUMMER – SIGN UP FOR VACSWIM NOW
With the arrival of summer and with the commencement of SA Water VACSWIM just one month away for most regional and metropolitan locations, organisers are urging families to sign up before online […]
PUBLIC MEETING TO DISMISS COUNCIL
ANNA ROSA LIVA DISAPPEARANCE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
$200,000 REWARD ON OFFER Police believe 30-year-old Italian tourist Anna Rosa Liva met with foul play in South Australia’s outback opal mining town Coober Pedy on 28 November 1991. The experienced traveller, […]
GREATER TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED BY COUNCILS
New regulations prescribed for council informal gatherings and conflicts of interest The State Government has moved to clarify reforms made to the Local Government Act in March this year concerning councils’ informal […]
COOBER PEDY CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2016
ONLY SEVEN DAYS TO LODGE YOUR OWN TAX RETURN
There are only seven days left to lodge your own tax return this year and the ATO is reminding people to get their returns in by 31 October. “Don’t wait until your […]
FUNERAL OF LATE ERIC MALLIOTIS
PUBLIC ALERT: $1.5M SCAM HITS SA BUSINESS
A South Australian business has been the victim of a sophisticated scam series which led to it losing nearly $1.5m, police revealed today while issuing a warning to other companies. Detective Inspector […]
FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH NEAR AMATA ON APY LANDS
A man has died following a single motorcycle crash in the State’s Far North yesterday. Just after 7pm on Saturday 15 October, police and emergency services responded to the crash which occurred […]
POSITION VACANT – COOBER PEDY
Two part-time positions located at Coober Pedy. Applicants are welcome to apply for more than one part-time position within the same location to make a FTE 0.8 role
SERIOUS CRASH SOUTH OF COOBER PEDY
UPDATE: Police have attended a serious road crash about 90kms south of Coober Pedy in the State’s Far North. Just after 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon police were alerted to a single car roll-over […]
2016 FEDERAL ELECTION UNDER SCRUTINY
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters has today announced its inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 federal election.
POLICE COMMISSIONER DECLARES AN IDENTIFIED MAJOR INCIDENT
Earlier this evening the Commissioner of Police Grant Stevens formally declared the current situation in South Australia to be an Identified Major Incident under the Section 22 of the Emergency Management Act […]
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FOR DAMAGING WINDS
Strong to gale force west to south-westerly winds, averaging 50-65 km/h with gusts around 90-100 km/h, are expected to develop behind the front during Wednesday. These winds may cause damage to trees […]
FAR NORTH MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES
A man from the State’s Far North will appear in court on Monday charged with child sex offences.
HEALTH WARNING: RECALL OF METTWURST AND PEPPERONI
Following food safety checks by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA), a number of mettwursts and pepperoni from Linke’s Central Meats have been recalled and SA Health is […]
ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (EDL) COMMUNITY BRIEFING
AVOID A FINE – TWO WEEKS TO HAND IN CENSUS FORMS
Penalties of up to $180 a day for failure to complete and return a Census form. (The Census and Statistics Act 1905) With less than two weeks left to complete Census forms […]
EDL SIGNS WITH SENVION TO PROVIDE WIND TURBINES FOR COOBER PEDY
Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a contract with EDL to supply wind energy to Coober Pedy’s hybrid micro-grid.
OPINION: SA NUCLEAR BRIEFING
Everything that you need to know but were too afraid to ask On March 19, 2015, Governor Hieu Van Le issued Letters Patent to command Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce to ‘investigate’ the […]
SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT COOBER PEDY
Volunteer CFS Crew and Far North Police attended a suspicious fire at Coober Pedy on Saturday night. Photo: Amanda Strout
MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER SEARCH IN STATE’S FAR NORTH
Police have arrested a man and a woman and located three children safe and well after a stolen car was dumped and set on fire on the Strzelecki track in the State’s […]
SEVERE STORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF REGIONAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for damaging wind and heavy rainfall for people in the West Coast, North West Pastoral and parts of the Eastern Eyre Peninsula […]
COUNTRY CABINET TO MEET ON THE APY LANDS
Four regional areas will host South Australian Government Country Cabinet meetings in 2016 including the first Cabinet meeting in the APY Lands in more than 20 years. Premier Jay Weatherill today announced […]
NEW CABINET MINISTERS SWORN IN
Two new Ministers have today been sworn in to State Cabinet at a ceremony at Government House. Leesa Vlahos has been appointed as Minister for Disabilities as well as Minister for Mental […]
NEW CYCLING LAWS TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 2015
Changes to road rules setting a minimum distance for overtaking cyclists and allowing all age cycling on footpaths will take effect tomorrow. The Transport and Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan said the changes […]
PLAYFORD LEGACY POTENTIALLY IN TATTERS AS OUTBACK COMMUNITY NEGOTIATES A FUTURE
OPINION NIGEL CARNEY Student of Law and SA Researcher Flinders Ranges SA The Leigh Creek and surrounding communities are relying on corporate decency, common sense and long awaited action by the government […]
LEIGH CREEK COAL MINE & PORT AUGUSTA POWER STATION CLOSURE DATES CONFIRMED
Statement – Alinta Energy Minister Kyam Maher Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation “Alinta Energy has today informed its workers that it will close the Leigh Creek coal mine on November 17, and […]
COMMUNITIES WANT A SAY IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS
More than 60 percent of South Australians want to have more say in planning their own communities according to a McGregor Tan survey commissioned by the Local Government Association. And almost 60% […]
UPDATE – WANTED MAN ARRESTED 100KM NORTH OF OODNADATTA
07 Jul 2015 11:39am Wanted man Danny Ferguson has been arrested by police approximately 100 km north of Oodnadatta.
WANTED MAN DANNY FERGUSON RELATING TO DEATH AT OODNADATTA
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate 35-year-old man Danny Ferguson. Ferguson is wanted for questioning following the suspicious death of a woman at Oodnadatta on Friday 3 July. He was […]
SUDDEN DEATH AT OODNADATTA
UPDATE: 5-7-2015 DEATH AT OODNADATTA DECLARED A MAJOR CRIME Police are searching scrubland for a man following the death of a woman at Oodnadatta on Friday. At 3.30pm on Friday […]
LINC ENERGY REPORT CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL AT ARCKARINGA BASIN
2014/15 Drilling Program Final Report confirms significant hydrocarbon potential of the Arckaringa Basin The Stuart Range Formation shows potential yields of up to 54 litres of oil per tonne The […]
COOBER PEDY POLICE CELEBRATE 50 YEARS
Coober Pedy will celebrate fifty years of permanent policing this weekend, with a number of events being held in the outback opal mining hub to commemorate the anniversary. The Coober Pedy Police […]
REFORMS SET TO TOUGHEN INTERVENTION ORDERS FOR DV BULLIES
Attorney General John Rau will introduce a Bill to Parliament today outlining new offences and penalties as well as tighter administration regarding intervention orders to better protect victims of domestic violence.
37 WESTERN QUOLL’S RELEASED IN FLINDERS RANGES TODAY
Thirty-seven additional Western Quolls (or Idnya) will be released in the Flinders Ranges National Park this evening, marking the latest milestone in an ambitious project to return the spotted marsupial to its […]
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO ROLE OF E-CIGARETTES
A Parliamentary Committee will be established to look at the use, sale and promotion of Personal vaporisers, including e-cigarettes.
MISSING MAN UPDATE: BODY FOUND IN FAR NORTH
Police searching in the Far North of South Australia have located a body believed to be that of missing man Dane Kowalski. Searchers made the discovery just after 12.30pm today. Police are […]
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS FUNDING FOR COOBER PEDY CHILD PROGRAMS
Federal funding reallocation may force the closure of all the Child Community Links programs in Coober Pedy. These are the only funded programs within Coober Pedy for 0 – 12 year olds […]
COUNCIL PENSIONER CONCESSION CUTS COULD BE BLOCKED
SA’s Local Government Association has welcomed the announcement by the Liberal Opposition, Greens, Family First and Independents, that they will disallow any change to pensioner concessions on Council rates, in the Legislative […]
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