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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 […]
SERIOUS CRASH NORTH OF MARLA
29 Nov 2014 UPDATE Police and emergency services attended a fatal crash in the State’s far north. Just before 9pm, last night police a single vehicle ignited into flames after hitting a […]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for DAMAGING WIND
For people in parts of the Flinders, North West Pastoral and North East Pastoral districts. Issued at 8:26 pm Saturday, 22 November 2014. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging wind gusts of 90 to […]
LGA TO PROBE IMPACT OF ‘DOUBLE DIP’ OF EMERGENCY SERVICES LEVY INCREASES
The Local Government Association is surveying all South Australian Councils to try to identify the “double dip” impact of increases in the Emergency Services Levy on Council properties, which will in turn […]
STUART HIGHWAY CLOSURE TIMES DURING NOVEMBER 2014
MAYORAL RESULT FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA
In the first set of results SA has provisionally welcomed six new mayors: • Angela Keneally at Charles Sturt; • Stephen Patterson at Holdfast Bay; • Reg Lyon at Kingston; • Brenton […]
TOTAL FIRE BANS FOR SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 2014
Northwest Pastoral – Severe Northeast Pastoral – Severe West Coast – Severe Eastern Eyre Peninsula – Severe Flinders – Extreme Mid North – Extreme Mount Lofty Ranges – Severe Yorke Peninsula – […]
$1.3M UPGRADE FOR COOBER PEDY AIRPORT RUNWAY
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan today announced $1.3m in State Government funding for the Coober Pedy District Council to upgrade the regional airstrip. Minister Mullighan said the upgrade will allow passenger […]
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS: TURN CLOCKS FORWARD SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014
South Australians should move their clocks forward one hour from 2am to 3am on Sunday, 5 October 2014. The start of this daylight saving period keeps South Australia aligned with time changes […]
COOBER PEDY – REX AIRLINES TICKET SALES RELISTED
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is pleased with the announcement by Rex Airlines this morning they have relisted tickets for sale after November 13 and confirmation that services to […]
WOMAN CHARGE OVER STABBING IN COOBER PEDY
An 18-year-old woman was arrested following a serious assault at Coober Pedy overnight. Police were called to a Coober Pedy address at about 3am on Saturday 20 September and found a young […]
MACHETE AND FENCE POST USED IN ARMED ROBBERY COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy police are seeking information from the public after two men robbed a service station at Coober Pedy overnight. Just after midnight, two men armed with a machete and a mental […]
LOCAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE POSTERS: FOUR WEEK RULE
Candidates in the upcoming Council Elections should not put up early election posters to avoid running contrary to elections legislation. Local Government Association CEO, Wendy Campana said under Local Government (Elections) Act […]
RAMSEY PLEASED: CASA ALTERS LANGUAGE ON COOBER PEDY AIR SERVICES
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is pleased CASA seems to be giving the green light to REX continuing services into Coober Pedy until the strip can be widened. After […]
COOBER PEDY AIRSTRIP: RAMSEY ANGRY AT CASA’S INFLEXIBILITY
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has responded angrily to a decision by CASA which threatens to kill off the Rex service to Coober Pedy. “I am very angry that a Federal […]
REX AIRLINES: DISCONTINUANCE OF COOBER PEDY AIR SERVICE
Rex Airlines are formally advising all stakeholders that unless CASA alters its position or unless the runway is sealed in time, services to Coober Pedy will cease from 13 November 2014. We […]
UPDATE: RESCUE OPERATION FOR MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN DOWN MINE SHAFT
Sunday, 3 August 2014 8:52am Update: Police have located a man’s body after he went missing in Coober Pedy yesterday. Sadly before 10pm, last night the man was located deceased. The Coober […]
CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING DRAFT REPORT RELEASED
The Productivity Commission today released its draft inquiry report on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning. “Our recommendations seek to make childcare more affordable, flexible and accessible. Furthermore they will provide a framework […]
SA CHILDCARE WORKER CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES
Police have identified seven South Australian children as alleged victims of a 32-year-old man charged with numerous sex offences. At the time of the alleged offending the man was employed with Families SA […]
MISSING PERSON LETITIA WILLIAMS
Police are asking for assistance from the public to help locate Letitia Williams, who has been missing from her Hillcrest home since 6 July. Letitia is 24 years old, 155cm tall, slim […]
ADELAIDE CRIME SERIES PAIR ARRESTED IN COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy Police have arrested a man and a teenage girl after they were allegedly located in a stolen car and committed several offences in metropolitan Adelaide. Just after 2pm on Wednesday […]
PROPOSED $18M RENEWABLE ENERGY DIESEL HYBRID PROJECT AT COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy in the Far North of South Australia, hosting a population of around 3,000 people, derives it’s electricity from a 3.9 MW diesel power station, and a 0.15MW wind turbine. Power […]
SERIOUS CRASH ON UMUWA TO FREGON ROAD IN FAR NORTH
A young female child has tragically died at the scene of a serious accident when a car rolled over on the Umuwa to Fregon Road in the State’s Far North at 7.35pm on Friday night. […]
SERIOUS ROAD CRASH NEAR MARLA IN STATE’S FAR NORTH
Saturday, 19 July 2014 7:02am Second passenger dies following Far North crash A second passenger has died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle rollover in the State’s Far North last week. […]
PROMINENT HILL: BEST OVERALL TEAM – 2014 MINES EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMP
OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill Emergency Response Team took out the Best Overall Team at the recently held 2014 Mines Emergency Response competition over the weekend. The 2014 Mines Emergency Response competition was […]
DROUGHT PACKAGE FOR FAR NORTH PASTORALISTS
The State Government will commit $275,000 for a drought assistance package for pastoralists in the State’s Far North. Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) has provided a grant to Livestock SA, which […]
RAMSEY PUSHES FOR QUICKER DECISION ON AIRSTRIP
Changes in regulations by CASA have put air services to Coober Pedy in jeopardy and the indecision has been causing angst among tourist operators and locals. “The time for clarification is well […]
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