Letter to Editor RE: INVESTIGATION IN RESPONSE TO A REFERRAL FROM [ICAC] COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SECTION 24(2) (b) OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 2012 (ICAC ACT)…. 2015/000390. Dear Editor, As I […]
NEW TAXES: “IF TOBACCO & ALCOHOL ARE SO DEVASTATING – WHY AREN’T THEY BANNED?
Dear Editor Coober Pedy Regional Times, I want to change my choices in life! I wish to partake in the politically and socially acceptable practice of consuming alcohol, in vast quantities. […]
COOBER PEDY A CARING COMMUNITY – A STRENGTH TO BE PROUD OF
Letter to Editor – Coober Pedy Regional Times During Carers Week (which occurs in October each year), I was reminded of the “contrast” between the Australian approach to people with physical health […]
DOES BEING A CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT NEED MORE RESEARCH STEVE FIELDING?
The Editor Coober Pedy Regional Times Dear Editor It is very worrying that Senator Steve Fielding has returned from his fact-finding mission to the USA with his confidence in the opinions of […]
SA PUBLIC CONSULATION PROCESS FLAWED FOR PEOPLE OF WHYALLA
Mining developments in SA being fast-tracked? To the Editor. Stuart Petroleum appears to have a hidden agenda as does the South Australian Government! This meeting eventuated the following week due to an error in reporting […]
ROWAN RAMSEY: SENSATIONAL ADVERTISER OPAL SCAM STORY – “OVER THE TOP”
Clarification from Federal MP Rowan Ramsey on comments relating to a malicious “Opal Scam” story. The tall story in the Adelaide Advertiser was not evidenced with complainants from the tourist sector as […]
TRUE COLOURS OF “OPAL SCAM”
Dear Editor, Are recession preditors turning on their communities? Upon reading the typical Advertiser (Adelaide Now) style headline, “Tourists duped in fake opal scam“, alarm bells began to ring. Reading further and […]
CONFUSION WITH “OPAL SCAM” DUPLICITY
To the Editor, How is the jewellery trade a mining concern? In googling Coober Pedy Times website today, we noted a catchy headline on another site: “Tourists duped in fake opal scam“. […]
TOURISTS PROHIBITED AT ICONIC DALHOUSIE SPRINGS IN OUTBACK SA
Dear Editor, Outback Airlines is Alice Springs leading air charter company with a fleet of six aircraft. We operate half-day and full-day sightseeing tours to West MacDonnells and Uluru landing at iconic […]
HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES REMOVED FROM REMOTE TOWN MINTABIE WITHOUT CONSULTATION
To: The Editor Coober Pedy Regional Times I would like to protest against the removal of clinic services from Mintabie, without any consultation or stated valid reasons.
VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES BRING APPEALS FROM COMMUNITY
To the Editor, Please support the victims of the Victorian bush fires in a real and practical way – even if you are like me and can’t offer monetary aid.
GOVERNMENTS HELP NUCLEAR LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
Coober Pedy Regional Times 