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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
“ …. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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 […]
INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION BEGINS WATCH
2 September 2013. A new era in law enforcement will begin in South Australia as the State’s first Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, the Hon Bruce Lander QC, takes up his task today. […]
KAREN WILLIAMS SEARCH COOBER PEDY – TIMELINE
MAJOR CRIME & MINE RESCUE RENEW SEARCH FOR KAREN WILLIAMS Wednesday 24 September 2014 Major Crime Investigation Branch returned to Coober Pedy on Monday 22 September armed with fresh information on the […]
FIRE GUTS ICONIC BUILDING IN COOBER PEDY
A fire that gutted an iconic building in the centre of Coober Pedy last night was attended by Coober Pedy CFS, Mine Rescue/SES, SA Ambulance volunteers and Coober Pedy Police. Just before […]
TACKLING ALCOHOL ABUSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN COOBER PEDY
A $367,000 Federal grant that allows $260,000 to employ a person for two years to work with the District Council of Coober Pedy and government service agencies to implement nearly 100 recommendations […]
ALCOHOL SEIZED AND DESTROYED NEAR COOBER PEDY
A vehicle suspected of illegally trafficking alcohol onto the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytajatjara (APY) lands was stopped by police early Friday morning Friday, 21 June 2013 on the Stuart Highway near Coober Pedy. […]
COOBER PEDY WELCOMES JOURNEY TO RECOGNITION
Coober Pedy will welcome Australia’s Journey to Recognition on Thursday, an epic relay around the nation to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples recognised in the constitution. Catacomb Anglican Church will […]
COOBER PEDY ABORIGINAL ELDERS LOBBY TO RETAIN TIP
The Editor Coober Pedy Regional Times Coober Pedy SA 5723 Dear Sir/Madam, While reading the Coober Pedy Times Issue Thursday 11th October in the letters to the editor section, I read with […]
100 PEOPLE WALK 325-KM FOR FUTURE OF PORT AUGUSTA
Tomorrow, 100 people will set off on a 14-day, 325km walk from Port Augusta to Adelaide’s Parliament House — calling on the Government to build Australia’s first solar thermal plant.
CHEMICAL LEAK CLOSES STUART HIGHWAY
South Australian Police have advised that the Stuart Highway, approximately 5kms north of Pimba is closed to traffic due to a chemical incident. Chemicals on board a truck are leaking with one […]
TRAGIC DEATH OF OODNADATTA ROADHOUSE OWNER NUMBS OUTBACK COMMUNITIES
This article includes corrections 30/8/2012: The tragic death of Oodnadatta Pink Roadhouse owner Adam Plate at the Targa Adelaide Championship Rally on Friday 24 August has numbed the outback town of Coober Pedy and […]
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