Human effluent is building up at the rest area near Coober Pedy, with approximately 15 campers per night using the welcome entrance on the Stuart Highway as a camping ground. Concerns are growing, that it […]
A unique Kashmir carpet set with an array of rare and expensive opals, which will be used to promote Australian opals in gemstone shows worldwide. The president of the Opal Association, Paul […]
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. […]
Regional and outback businesses are encouraged to look into engaging potential professionals in a work experience situation to help combat what is known as rural drift. New Brolga Project campaign manager Lorena […]
Resources developer, IMX Resources Limited (ASX:IXR) is pleased to announce that it has received $14.6 million from private Chinese investor Sichuan Taifeng. IMX Board will use these funds to continue the […]
A tragic road accident took the lives a 20 year old man and 19 year old man both from Port Lincoln in a single car rollover on the Stuart Highway – 5th […]
Coober Pedy’s third game of the year was another win for the Saints and a great boost for the team who for the past few years have enjoyed both fine wins and deserving […]
Supressed from the public The Black Mist and its Aftermath -Oral Histories by Lallie Lennon A Submission to the Government of South Australia, the Commonwealth Government of Australia and the International Atomic […]
* Newcastle 1989 * Flinders Ranges 2003 * Woomera:Torrens Fault * Olympic Dam :Mashers Fault * National Radioactive Waste Repository * Mt. Barker – Adelaide: with a popluation of approximately one million people experienced an earth tremor or […]
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the South Australian coast on Monday 5 April at 11.23pm UTC within impact distance of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. The Great Australian Bight Marine National Park […]
Welting thunderstorms served a double dose of torrential rains on towns in the far north east of the state including Roxby Downs, Andamooka, the Flinders Ranges and far north east pastoral, severely […]
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake, reported by SAN FRANCISCO MarketWatch, struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake struck 325 miles west of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according […]
DARWIN CROCODILES TARGETTED TO CAPTURE TOURIST DOLLARS Conservation groups are concerned that Native Dingoes are dying of starvation, stress from being tagged and also shot by keepers, at the tourism oriented Fraser Island […]
Eight people were arrested after police moved in on a drug ring allegedly selling cannabis to Aboriginal communities in the far north of South Australia. Coober Pedy Police [on Friday 5 March […]
A South Australian player is $1 million richer after last night’s Lotto Megadraw, may not yet be aware of their good fortune. The State’s newest millionaire was uncontactable today for delivery of the good news, […]
For almost 90 years of cruelty in the Australian wool industry, the only end in sight was a bloody lamb’s bottom, but after just 30 months of hard-hitting PETA campaigning, animal advocates […]
Heavy rains that fell across northern NSW and Queensland since the Christmas and New Year period is currently flowing down a number of creeks and rivers and spilling into Lake Eyre. Lake […]
The 2010 Opal Fashion Bash to be held in Townsville 8-10 April 2010, for the third year is only weeks away and is proudly sponsored by the opal industry. The Opal Fashion […]
The Mount Penrhyn coal deposit (EL 3336) lies at Robins Rise Opal Field near Coober Pedy. WPG previously executed an option agreement to acquire two exploration licences (EL 3336 and EL 3436) otherwise known […]
The SA upper house election on Saturday is looming as a key battleground, with major parties competing with minor parties and many independent candidates. “In 2006 there was a record upper house […]
“Flood waters from Queensland are approaching the Lightning Ridge Opal mining area but miners still have time to secure their claims if need be. While no one is sure of what the […]
To the Editor, How many readers know that the Federal Government is trying to push through the Senate before elections, a scheme that will extend compulsory blanket Income Management to many thousands […]
The local Aboriginal kids in the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy (SAASTA) held a Power Cup launch on Wednesday the 10th of March at the Mud Hut Motel. Parents and community […]
Early 2010 will see the second suborbital ballistic flight to test materials survivability, sensors and avionics for the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experiment (HiFire) efforts”, says Rob Coppinger of Flight Global. Rob […]
Please Note: HAYABUSA re-entry is here The Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) are scheduled to conduct the launch of a sounding rocket in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the period 21 […]
Coober Pedy Police performing a routine patrol on Friday 5 March 2010 pulled over a vehicle on the Stuart Highway in the Far North of South Australia and discovered the driver, a […]
***CHILDREN IN NEED*** “AWARENESS RALLY” 28TH FEBRUARY 2010 2.OOPM PARLIAMENT HOUSE Meeting point VICTORIA SQUARE BY 1.00pm Our children come first; disability and mental health services deserve Priority number one! We must […]
The WorkCover Nightmare With the opposition industrial relations spokesman Iain Evans pledging reforms to encourage businesses to self-insure, we must all but wonder what the cost to those left on the work […]
SPECIAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS Potential Australian Nuclear Tests Victims Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. In June 2009, the English Courts ruled that military personnel and their families affected by the Nuclear Tests conducted […]
Baby boomers in SA may not be swept under the rug so easily Seniors in South Australia have the potential to decide the state election with the over 50s comprising more than 44 per […]
BORE HOLES by Paul Makin Today Tonight Channel 7 FULL VIDEO COVERAGE While most of us are doing our best to conserve the precious resource and making all sorts of sacrifices, it […]
The Democrats are calling for animal cruelty prosecutions to become the responsibility of SAPOL. In the wake of yet another animal cruelty prosecution blunder (the Brinkworth case) by the RSPCA the Australian […]
Pokie barons, property developers and lobbyists all being generous to political parties? What do they expect in return? The AEC returns for 2008/09 again feature developers, lobbyists, unions and the Australian Hotels […]
Coober Pedy teacher upsets local ‘hillbillies’ – Adelaide Advertiser. THE controversial principal of Coober Pedy’s school has been stood aside pending a third investigation into her management style, which has divided residents […]
Some parents with students enrolled at Coober Pedy Area School say their children will not return to the school next year unless principal Sue Lewis is removed. Mayor Steve Baines who was […]
Resources developer, IMX Resources Limited is pleased to announce a major funding milestone with the signing of a Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) with Taifeng Yuanchuang International Development Co Ltd (Taifeng), the Hong […]
31% of SA victims including the Regions, currently believe nothing will be achieved by reporting a crime. Michael Atkinson latest letter to the Editor (Friday the 1st January 2010), is […]
Surviving Australian veterans of the British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Monte Bello Island and Christmas Island in the 1950s and 60s are joining British and other nuclear veterans in taking the British […]
Western Plains Resources Ltd an iron-ore company announced today that they would not be proceeding with the next stage of its Commonwealth Hill farm-in and joint venture, south west of Coober Pedy in South […]
Local health officials say they are preparing to distribute new potassium iodide pills to people within 10 miles of the Perry plant [in the US], which besides Lake [County], includes parts of […]
Government Proposes to allow Mining in Heritage Listed Wilderness Sanctuary Dear Editor We are greatly concerned that the SA government is proposing to allow the mining company Marathon Resources to mine the Arkaroola […]
No protection for Civil Rights – Change is Necessary! Mark M Aldridge, Independent Candidate for the Legislative Council says, “Our hard earned Civil and Human rights are not protected and are under […]
Dear Editor, A Crushing Blow to Civil Rights in Australia UPDATE: On 3/12/2009 Hansard records research performed by Ms. Chapman had revealed NIL statistical evidence existed to justify this new legislation. In my and other’s […]
“Annual slaughter of native birds must stop,” says Parnell The SA Upper House has rejected a Greens Bill to permanently ban duck hunting in South Australia.
The first board of directors has been appointed to South Australian Native Title Services. The inaugural chairperson is Tauto Sansbury who has worked as a consultant with the State Government’s Social Inclusion […]
According to ABC news, State MP for Giles Lyn Breuer says she welcomes the independent review into the management of the Coober Pedy Area School, amid claims of discrimination and harsh policies.
OZ Minerals Limited and IMX Resources Limited have signed a binding Heads of Agreement with the intention of forming a Joint Venture Agreement to explore for and develop copper-gold projects on IMX’s […]
On Tuesday the 24th of November 2009, Coober Pedy Area School held their annual presentation day. The ceremony is an acknowledgement of the achievements the school, the students and involved community members […]
OUR SCHOOL – OUR COMMUNITY Welcome to the second edition of the Coober Pedy Area School Community Chat Room. This is an exiting new forum which aims to provide the latest […]
Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming. The furor over the leaked data comes weeks before the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, when 192 nations […]
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