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FIRE BANS: FAR NORTH TOWNS WILL REACH 48C ON NEW YEAR’S DAY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 31, 2013

 Total Fire Bans have been declared in EIGHT fire ban districts across the State. Interactive Weather Map of heat affected areas of South Australia for 1 January 2014 Temperature forecast for the region for […]

THIEVES TARGET PETROL IN MID NORTH TOWNS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Over the past two months there has been a significant increase in the amount of reported fuel thefts in the Mid North region. The thefts have mainly occurred from large agricultural vehicles, […]

SPEED CAMERAS CATCH 158 MOTORIST IN ONE DAY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Speed cameras detected 158 motorists speeding in the Adelaide Hills last weekend as part of Operation Safe Hills, equating to over 12% of the 1227 vehicles that went through the speed cameras deployed […]

POLICE SEEK ASSISTANCE FOR MISSING WOMAN

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

UPDATE: Monday, 30 December 2013 5:33pm Missing woman Julie Richards has been located safe and well by an Adelaide patrol a short time ago.  Police thank everyone for their assistance in this matter.

10-YEAR OLD BOYS ARRESTED AT PORT LINCOLN

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Two 10-year-old boys were arrested at Port Lincoln after allegedly breaking into cars.  The offences occurred at the Port Lincoln Foreshore area on Sunday 29 December and about 4.45pm.

2000+ SHEEP MISSING FROM EYRE PENINSULA PROPERTY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Police are investigating the disappearance of 2442 sheep from a rural property on the Eyre Peninsula.

CEDUNA MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Police have arrested a 42-year-old Ceduna man for theft and assault.

CANNABIS CROPS DISCOVERED IN CONSERVATION PARK

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 30, 2013

Police are searching for the owners of two cannabis crops at Coffin Bay and Wanilla. On Sunday 29 December, following a report from a member of the public, police located 25 small […]

CARRIETON – DRINK DRIVERS LOSE LICENCE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 29, 2013

Sunday, 29 December 2013 5:19pm  Police have reported two women for drink driving in the States mid-north this morning.

RADEKA DOWNUNDER LIGHTS UP COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 25, 2013

During Christmas in Coober Pedy this year you must visit Radeka Downunder and see the amazing “Christmas Lights Display” and Electric Trains, from Tuesday December 24th until Saturday December 28th., 9pm – […]

DANGEROUS ELECTRICAL WORK SPARKS DISQUALIFICATION

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 24, 2013

An electrician from the north-eastern suburbs has been banned from working in the industry for his dangerous electrical work. On 10 December 2013, in proceedings brought against him by South Australia’s consumer […]

IMPACT OF CONFLICT MINERAL LEGISLATION ON JEWELLERY BUSINESS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 24, 2013

to be examined at seminar during VICENZAORO Winter show VICENZA, ITALY: DECEMBER 23, 2013 – The new year is likely to be a most significant one in terms of the regulation of […]

A CHRISTMAS WISH FROM COMMISSIONER GARY BURNS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 24, 2013

This year’s road safety message from police and Motor Accident Commission’s is: All we want for Christmas is you. It is simple and a more light-hearted message than the sombre note we […]

THREE ARRESTED FOR BREAK-IN & ASSAULT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 24, 2013

Police have arrested three youths after a break-in at Port Lincoln yesterday. At about 6.45pm, three men allegedly forced their way into a Cronin Avenue house and assaulted two men inside the […]

MINISTER HUNTER STATEMENT – FREGON FIRE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 20, 2013

Minister Ian Hunter, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation has issued the following statement relating to a fire that destroyed the Fregon Community Store on the APY Lands earlier today.

FIRE DESTROYS FREGON COMMUNITY STORE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 20, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Police in the state’s Far North are investigating the circumstances of a fire that has destroyed the Kaltjiti/Fregon community store, causing an estimated $2m in damages. The alarm was raised before midnight […]

TAX ON CHARITIES WILL NOT PROCEED

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 19, 2013

The Community Council for Australia has commended the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos and the Abbot government for not proceeding with a new tax that would have brought into question all the income-producing […]

POLICE SET SIGHTS ON ILLEGAL HUNTERS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 18, 2013

The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) and South Australia Police are working together to detect illegal hunters and poachers in the Kingston District. Anyone hunting feral species, such as […]

TEENAGERS ARRESTED AFTER TRACKING APP FINDS STOLEN IPAD

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 18, 2013

A man tracked his stolen iPad to a Greenacres address using the ‘Find my iPad’ tracking app yesterday. Police attended and searched the premises at about 5.45pm on Tuesday 17 December, allegedly […]

FIRE BAN & FIRE DANGER RATING ADVICE FOR 19 December 2013

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 18, 2013

Issued at: 16:46 on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 TOTAL FIRE BANS have been declared for Thursday, 19 December 2013 in the following Fire Ban Districts:

FREE SMARTPHONE APP TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY REPONSE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 18, 2013

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has welcomed the launch of the Emergency+ smartphone app by the Australian Government. When activated, the Emergency+ app provides users with their GPS reference which they […]

“PHONE APP” LEADS TO ARREST & RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 18, 2013

“Police encourage the use of tracking apps as they are a very useful tool in detecting lost or stolen property” Police have arrested a 34-year-old woman from Hallet Cove after a “phone […]

PORT AUGUSTA DRINK DRIVER – FOUR TIMES OVER LEGAL LIMIT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 16, 2013

Monday, 16 December 2013. Police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man from Port Augusta for drink driving and driving with an expired learners permit. At about 12.50am Sunday 16 December, police […]

SAPOL ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN & ROAD TRAUMA STATISTICS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 15, 2013

Over the past five years, on average, nine people have died on South Australian roads each December. In the crucial period from 23 December to 3 January, three have died and 27 […]

ONE MILLION LITRE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN KADADU

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 7, 2013

A tank containing toxic radioactive acid has burst at Rio Tinto’s Ranger uranium mine within the bounds Kakadu National Park. Up to one million litres of radioactive acid slurry has escaped the […]

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on December 4, 2013

Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, and Jamie Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development have announced today that the Australian Government will provide up to […]

PRIME MINISTER’S COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS ON ITS WAY OUT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013

The Federal Coalition Government will be “winding down” the operations of the Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews has told a housing conference in his first major […]

SPECIALIST DOCTOR QUITS NT ALCOHOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN PROTEST

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013

ABC TV Lateline By Michael Coggan A doctor who played a key role in establishing the Northern Territory Government’s new mandatory alcohol rehabilitation program has quit in protest at the way the […]

COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT ASSESMENT PANELS STRIPPED OF THEIR POWERS!

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013

“ …. effectively means that Council Development Assessment Panels have been stripped of their powers. “This clandestine decision, to push the regulation variations through yesterday, has left Councils in the dark and […]

LOCAL POLICE AWARDS CEDUNA

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Two local Ceduna police officers yesterday received Police Service awards for their diligent and ethical service in SAPOL. In a small ceremony at the Ceduna Police Station, Assistant Commissioner Neil Smith awarded […]

ANDAMOOKA MAN ARRESTED AFTER CANNABIS SEARCH

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013

Roxby Downs Police have arrested an Andamooka man for trafficking cannabis following a search at Andamooka yesterday. At about 1.30pm yesterday, Roxby police along with local Detectives and a police drug dog, […]

VIOLENCE, DRY ZONES & HOMELESSNESS AMONGST ISSUES AT VICTOR HABOR COMMUNITY FORUM

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 29, 2013

A community forum hosted by police in Victor Harbor to chat face-to-face about local crime issues was well attended. Approximately 60 local  people met with police and discussed a range of topics […]

OZ MINERALS UPDATES CARRAPATEENA RESOURCE PERCENTAGES

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 28, 2013

Today, OZ Minerals presented an update on the Carrapateena resource and nearby discoveries at the ‘2013 SA Exploration and Mining Conference’. The Carrapateena project and mineralisation discovered at Khamsin and Fremantle Doctor […]

VIOLENT DEATH AT RIVERLAND DECLARED MAJOR CRIME

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 28, 2013

Wednesday, 4 December 2013 10:20am Update in Monash murder investigation Police are following ‘positive lines of inquiry’ into the murder of a man at Monash, in the state’s Riverland. Detective Inspector Greg […]

ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA (ADCA) (Administrator Appointed) DEFUNDED

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 27, 2013

Funding for the Alcohol and other Drugs Council (ADCA), the national peak body representing organisations and workers in the sector, has been axed by the assistant Minister for Health, Senator Fiona Nash. […]

KATI THANDA-LAKE EYRE NATIONAL PARK PROCLAIMED

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 27, 2013

Lake Eyre National Park will now formally be known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park after a request by the newly-formed Arabana Parks Advisory Committee.  Lake Eyre National Park will now formally […]

REAPING CONTRACTOR FATALITY AT COCKALEECHIE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 27, 2013

SafeWork SA regrets to inform of a workplace fatality in which a reaping contractor died at Cockaleechie, near Tumby Bay, on Tuesday, 26 November 2013. While performing a maintenance task on the […]

BEAUMONT CHILDREN: EXCAVATIONS YEILD NO NEW INFORMATION

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 27, 2013

As part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of the three Beaumont children in 1966, South Australia Police (SAPOL) today excavated a small section of land at a commercial factory site […]

OUTBACK ART COMPETITION – LOVE A SUNBURNT COUNTRY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 26, 2013

The sweeping plains, ragged mountain ranges and far horizons of Dorothea Mackellar’s iconic poem, ‘My Country’, are certain to be among the dramatic images submitted for the 17th John Villiers Waltzing Matilda Outback […]

BUSINESSES WARNED ON FAKE NOTES CIRCULATING

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 26, 2013

Police are warning local businesses to watch out for counterfeit notes when accepting notes of high denominations, following a counterfeit $50 detected on Friday in Tintinara. On Friday, 22 November a customer […]

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT FOR PROTECTION

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 26, 2013

Over 10,000 sign petition for Firefighters’ Compensation Bill CFS Executive Director Sonia St Alban and volunteer firefighters will today present the Country Fire Service Volunteers Association’s (CFSVA) petition to the Member for […]

MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT – COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 25, 2013

Monday, 25 November 2013 6:12pm Police have arrested a 25-year old man from Coober Pedy and charged him with theft. Police will allege the man walked into an opal mine and museum […]

ANDREW ‘WILBUR’ WILLIAMSON – OUTBACK MURDER MYSTERY CONTINUES

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

A decade has passed since someone brutally assaulted Coober Pedy resident Andrew ‘Wilbur’ Williamson in his Tupper Close dugout and left him to die, but police have never stopped the hunt for […]

ALTONA ENERGY MD STEPS DOWN WITH CHINESE SHARE PLACEMENT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on November 1, 2013

Altona, the AIM listed Australian based energy company, today announces the completion of the placing of 59,700,000 ordinary shares to Wintask Group (“Wintask”) at 1.4 pence per share (“the Placing”) and also […]

ROAD TRAIN ROLLOVER STUART HIGHWAY NORTH OF COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on October 23, 2013

Motorists travelling the Stuart Highway about 45 kms north of Coober Pedy are advised of a triple trailer road train roll-over. There is a lot of debris on the road and the […]

IMX MANAGING DIRECTOR RESIGNS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on October 17, 2013

Perth, Australia: IMX Resources Limited announces that Mr Neil Meadows has resigned from his role as Managing Director and will be transitioning out of the Company. Mr Meadows said, “I believe I […]

ROYAL COMMISSION SOUGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON APY LANDS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on October 16, 2013

  George Kenmore On behalf of APY Council of Elders and Community Members PO Box 280 ALDGATE  SA  5154 georgekenmore1@gmail.com 0438 399 012  16 October 2013   For the URGENT Attention of the […]

OZ MINERALS TO WITHDRAW FROM MT. WOODS COPPER-GOLD JV

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on October 10, 2013

Tenements unencumbered for development of Mt Woods Magnetite Project Perth, Australia: IMX Resources Limited (ASX: IXR, TSX: IXR, IXR. WT) (‘IMX’ or the ‘Company’) announces that OZ Minerals Limited (ASX: OZL) (‘OZ […]

FUNERAL NOTICE – BINDI SIMPSON (Nee Rowe)

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on October 5, 2013

Bindi Simpson (Nee Rowe) Passed away peacefully at home in the arms of her loving family on the 30th September 2013. The service to be held at 11 am on the 9th […]

NEW ALCOHOL RULES IN COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on September 30, 2013

Monday, 30 September 2013 9:10am New rules come into effect from today regarding the purchase of alcohol in Coober Pedy. The South Australia Liquor and Gambling Commissioner, Paul White, announced the new […]

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