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MILLIONS TO BE SAVED BANNING BOTTLED WATER

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 14, 2009

Towns and communities across Australia would save millions of dollars each year if they follow Bundanoon’s lead and ban bottled water, an analysis by Clean Up Australia has found.

AUSTRALIA – CHINA RELATIONS AT ROCK BOTTOM

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 14, 2009

Kevin Rudd was elected Prime Minister boasting about his special affinity with China, but 18 months later Australia’s relationship with China is at its lowest level in 40 years, the Leader of […]

CALTEX/MOBIL DEAL UNDER ACCC SCRUTINY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 14, 2009

Caltex’s plans to purchase 302 retail outlets from Mobil – 30 retail outlets in Adelaide – are being examined by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS HUMANTARIAN OBLIGATION TO ERADICATE ITS AFFLICTIONS ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 10, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

The Coalition Advocating Indigenous Human Rights has been specific since 2005 that it is South Australia which has allowed a catastrophic situation to enmesh all the Aboriginal peoples in South Australia since […]

WHERE ARE THE SEX OFFENDER CONVICTIONS MACKLIN & RUDD?

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 10, 2009 • ( 4 Comments )

Statement by Michael Anderson, leader of the Euahlayi tribe and spokesman for the Gumilaroi nation of northwest NSW and southwest Queensland It is time for the federal government to inform the public […]

FIELDING: ECONOMISTS CALL FOR PEOPLE’S BANK

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 8, 2009

“Banks are charging up to 775% profit on typical bank penalty fees.”

INFLUX OF TRAVELLERS IN COOBER PEDY – HEADING NORTH AND TO LAKE EYRE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 2, 2009

Coober Pedy is abuzz with travellers making their way north to warmer weather or to visit the phenomena of Lake Eyre filling up due to recent rains across northern NSW and Queenland.  […]

BUDDIES: PLAYING THE BIG MINERS AT THEIR OWN GAME

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 1, 2009

Buddies,  the most requested title on australianscreen online, released today to eagerly awaiting fans by Umbrella Entertainment who are excited with announcement of this re-release of the much sought after title. Buddies […]

INDEPENDENT YOUTH ALLOWANCE – HAVE YOUR SAY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on July 1, 2009

Leader of The Nationals, Warren Truss, has invited families in regional Australia to make submissions to the Senate Inquiry that is examining the impact of the Rudd Labor Government’s short-sighted changes to […]

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE A STRONGER UNITED VOICE FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIANS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 30, 2009

Today in Adelaide, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Maxine McKew, SA Minister for Regional Development Paul Caica, and the Local Government Association of SA’s Felicity-ann […]

UPDATE: STORMS ACROSS SOUTH AUSTRALIA HITS POWER SUPPLIES

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 30, 2009

ETSA Utilities restoring power following storm damage Monday 1 July 2009 Power has been restored to half of the customers affected by outages since a severe storm hit Adelaide and other parts […]

OUTBACK GEM SHOW ATTRACTS OVERSEAS BUYERS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 30, 2009

The excitement level is building in the iconic outback town of Coober Pedy as it gears up for this year’s Gem Trade Show. The annual Coober Pedy Gem Trade Show will be […]

RITA PALOMBO’S SEARCH FOR HER MOTHER – VICKI HELEN PALOMBO (Kagiali)

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 28, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

My name is Rita Palombo, and I am searching for my mother, Vicki Helen Palombo (Kagiali). I last saw my mother 30 years ago. My father, Domenico, and my mother were married in Adelaide […]

STATE GOVT TO REMOVE “REGULATORS” FROM WATERWAYS SAY NGARRINDJERI

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 25, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Ngarrindjeri opened The Fresh Water Embassy today representing “all the freshwater species that cannot speak for themselves or have been gagged in the debate about the pending destruction of the River, Lakes […]

MOBIL IS LET OFF THE CLEAN UP HOOK AT STANVEC – ENGEN SOUTH AFRICA REVISTED

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 25, 2009

“The Rann Government has well and truly let Mobil off the hook in South Australia’s growing worst practices, as history fails to teach it’s lessons. “Cleaning up to only an ‘industrial’ standard […]

OZ MINERALS MARTABE SALE APPROVED BY CHINA SCI-TECH

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 25, 2009

OZ Minerals has today been advised that shareholders of China Sci-Tech Holdings Limited have voted in favour of the acquisition of the Martabe project in Indonesia from OZ Minerals.

BHP EXPANSION – BIG DOCUMENT, BIG HOLE, BIG SUBSIDIES, BIG TOXIC LEGACY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 19, 2009

SA’s peak environmental body the Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA), has criticised BHP-Billiton after the release of the Environmental Impact Statement for its Olympic Dam expansion. The special deals the company […]

DOES BEING A CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT NEED MORE RESEARCH STEVE FIELDING?

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 17, 2009 • ( 7 Comments )

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

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 15, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

THE ‘CLOUD’ CHAMBER PROJECT – UP-MARKETING URANIUM ‘END PRODUCTS’

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 14, 2009 • ( 13 Comments )

Arkaroola Sanctuary:  Uranium Mining OK, but not in our backyard!   See The Mining and Milling Process and IEER Factsheet | Uranium (below) Doug and Margaret Sprigg involved in the ongoing saga, in […]

MISSING: CHARLIE & JAMES FROM POTCH GULLY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 14, 2009

CHARLIE HAS BEEN FOUND, THANK YOU.  WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR JAMES. After successfully finding Amy’s companion Sandy, 6 days after she went missing, we are now appealing to anyone who may […]

AMY’S COMPANION: LOST LABRADOR IN COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 7, 2009

Re: Missing Sandy.  SANDY HAS BEEN FOUND – THANK YOU EVERYONE Hi Everyone, Amy’s labrador, Sandy went missing from our place yesterday

SA GOVERNMENT BACKS OUT OF BHP DESALINATION DEAL

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 5, 2009

Government to ‘sort of go-it-alone’ on desalination plans. Amidst growing public concerns and controversy, the SA government has reconsidered it’s location for a desalination plant intended to accommodate the not yet approved  BHP […]

OZ MINERALS: NO RECAPITALISATION PROPOSAL RECEIVED

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 4, 2009

No recapitalisation proposal received OZ Minerals notes the recent media speculation about possible recapitalisation proposals. OZ Minerals has not received a recapitalisation proposal which it considers to be a superior alternative to […]

DROUGHT RELIEF THAT WONT HURT YOUR HIP POCKET

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on June 4, 2009

 Are you fed up with the drought?  Been a while since you caught up with your mates?     To help the community escape the drought and tough economic times, the South Australian Arid […]

BANK FEE RIP-OFF CONFIRMED – FAMILIES CAN GO TO HELL

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 31, 2009

The Rudd Government needs to back new laws to outlaw outrageous bank penalty fees? It was revealed today that banks are charging up to 775% profit on typical bank penalty fees Leader of Family […]

ROAD TRIP WIN FOR COOBER PEDY SAINTS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 30, 2009

by Mark Bell Another 940km trip saw the Coober Pedy Saints beat the Andamooka Roos in a keenly fought contest on Saturday 30th May. 

HAS YOUR SILENT NUMBER BEEN SOLD TO TELEMARKETERS?

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 27, 2009

Is it true that Telstra or other communication companies are double dipping on our not so $ilent  telephone numbers? A reader who states that their family has had a silent number for over 10 […]

STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF PRECIOUS OPAL CONTINUE AT LIGHTNING RIDGE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 27, 2009

Dr Patrice Rey, Structural geologist from the University of Sydney is at the start of a long journey to understand opal formation. Dr Rey is currently visiting Lightning Ridge with student Baptiste […]

ROWAN RAMSEY: SENSATIONAL ADVERTISER OPAL SCAM STORY – “OVER THE TOP”

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 27, 2009

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 […]

EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES FUNDING CUTS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 27, 2009

The National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) have submitted indepen-dent advice to the Federal Government on whether to continue Exceptional Circum-stances assistance in 19 areas in NSW, NT,  QLD, SA, and WA, which were […]

TRUE COLOURS OF “OPAL SCAM”

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 25, 2009

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 […]

FIRST NIGHT MATCH AT COOBER PEDY FOR SAINTS – HORNRIDGE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 24, 2009

by Mark Bell Saints – Hornridge Night Game at Coober                                 While the Saints may have been beaten, it was a great night for footy in Coober Pedy last Saturday as over 400 […]

ADELAIDE NOW PRODUCES ‘MISCHIEVOUS’ OPAL SCAM

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 23, 2009

Adelaide Now story dubbed as sensationalism and rubbish The Chairperson of Coober Pedy Retail Business and Tourism Association Inc, Mr Robert Coro has refuted the banner headline ‘Tourists duped in fake opal scam’  (Advertiser […]

CONFUSION WITH “OPAL SCAM” DUPLICITY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 22, 2009

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“.   […]

GOVERNOR GENERAL ENJOYS ROMANCE WITH OPAL IN COOBER PEDY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 21, 2009

By Margaret Mackay, Coober Pedy Regional Times Wistfully looking back upon a century of pioneering and her  Coober Pedy hosts, the Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce says farewell to the Opal Capital, with […]

$10,000 IN GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY BASED NRM PROJECTS IN SA ARID LANDS – HURRY

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 19, 2009

Community groups in South Australia’s arid lands can apply for grants of up to $10,000 from State funding to carry out local landcare and watercare projects.

FIRST NIGHT FOOTY MATCH IN COOBER PEDY COMING SOON

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 7, 2009

By: Mark Bell Coober Pedy is about to experience it’s first ever night football match. Hornridge has agreed to be the first team from Roxby Downs to play under lights on Saturday […]

JOB CUTS: ATO TO OUTSOURCE PRIVILEGED TAX INFORMATION TO PRIVATE COMPANIES

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 7, 2009

There are 23,000 Tax Officers employed around Australia and many are expected to join the National Day of Action.  ATO management has revealed plans to shed close to 3,000 Tax Office jobs […]

COOBER PEDY: OPAL MINING MECCA

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 6, 2009

Posted in the New Zealand Herald   12:23 pm Tuesday May 05, 2009 Mine tailings litter the Olympic Opal Field on the outskirts of the South Australian mining town Coober Pedy.

STONG REACTIONS TO RUDD’S CLIMATE SELLOUT TO THE BIG POLLUTERS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 6, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

 “Householders will pay twice whilst polluters get free permits” Like the majority of Australia’s environment and climate groups, the Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA) is bitterly disappointed with the Federal Government’s […]

SCRAM JET TESTING UNDERWAY AT WOOMERA

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 6, 2009

See  2010 test plans here: HYPERSONIC SCRAMJET TESTS FOR OUTBACK SOUTH AUSTRALIA Posted on March 8, 2010 by Coober Pedy Regional Times (2009) Two HIFiRE launches are scheduled to be conducted in the […]

CENTRELINK CHANGES TO JOB SERVICES AUSTRALIA

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 6, 2009

Job seekers will today begin receiving letters outlining changes to the Australian Government’s employment services. Centrelink this week began sending letters to job seekers informing them that from July 1, the current […]

FARINA – OLD GHOST TOWN IN THE FLINDERS COMES BACK TO LIFE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on May 2, 2009

An opening ceremony, paying tribute to early residents, and to launch the new “Information Bay” will be held on May 10 The old ghost town Farina will come back to life in […]

PLANS TO DEPLOY ESSENTIAL COURT SERVICES TO PT AUGUSTA FROM REGIONAL & REMOTE S.A.

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 24, 2009 • ( 6 Comments )

Regional Mayors react with anger to “grapevine” decision to axe four regional courts in South Australia Coober Pedy, Ceduna, Kadina and Naracoorte have been targetted as likely candidates to lose their vital […]

OZ MINERALS – SALE OF MARTABE PROJECT

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 24, 2009

Following a competitive sale process over recent months, OZ Minerals today announces the sale of its Martabe gold and silver project in North Sumatra, Indonesia, to China Sci-Tech Holdings Limited (“CST”) for […]

ANANGU PITJANTJATJARA (APY) LANDS COMMUNITY STORE GOVERNANCE

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 24, 2009

Public hearings and meetings –Wednesday 29 April 2009 On its third day of hearings in Central Australia, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs will visit […]

MINMETALS GETS AUSTRALIAN GOVT APPROVAL FOR OZMINERALS ASSETS

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 23, 2009

OZ Minerals has been advised that the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia has today announced that he has approved the proposed acquisition by China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co. Ltd. (“Minmetals”) of […]

TAMIL CIVILIANS USED AS HUMAN SHIELDS – WORLD LEADERS CALLED TO STOP COWARDLY WAR CRIME

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 22, 2009

1000 people have died and more than 1300 people have been wounded. The Sri Lankan Army spokesperson arrogantly calls this genocidal attack on the Tamil civilians as  ‘the world’s biggest hostage rescue.”

LEGAL SERVICES SLASHED REGIONALLY IN LEAD UP TO MAY BUDGET

By Coober Pedy Regional Times on April 17, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Four major South Australian regional towns are to have court services slashed as part of the Rann Government cuts to services in the lead up to the May 2009 budget. Information given […]

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