16 Dec 2024 9:37am Alcohol has been seized after an operation in Port Augusta last week. On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December Far North Police with the assistance of PD Fang […]
ALCOHOL SEIZED, ALLEGEDLY ENROUTE to APY LANDS in FAR NORTH
SOUTH AUSSIES AGED 45 to 49 CAN NOW ACCESS FREE LIFESAVING BOWEL SCREENING TESTS
As part of the 2024-25 Federal Budget, South Australians aged 45 to 49 can now participate in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and access a free bowel screening test. People aged […]
COOBER PEDY: HEAVY PENALTIES FOR ALCOHOL INFRINGEMENTS APPARENTLY NOT APPLICABLE (?)
According to South Australian laws relating to Alcohol: “A dry area is a place where you’re not allowed to have or drink alcohol. The purpose of a dry area is to curb […]
OPINION: 2021 CURE THE TRANSIENT ALCOHOL PROBLEM, AT HOME!
How much longer are we prepared to allow this shameful situation to exist? Every able-bodied young Anangu male in 2021 is following in the undignified footsteps of their forefathers. “Is this deliberate”? […]
GRASS ROOTS ANANGU FALLING THROUGH COVID-19 GAPS IN FAR NORTH SA
This article is aimed at providing some perspective for the local community as to why Anangu from remote communities are pouring into our town in mid winter amidst a declared pandemic.
HOUSE FIRE IN APY LANDS
The CFS was called to a house fire in the APY Lands just after 6am this morning following a triple zero call that was made alerting SA Police, who then advised the […]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CAMEL SUPPLY CHAIN PROJECT FOR APY LANDS
The Australian Government is supporting social and economic projects that benefit remote Indigenous communities by taking advantage of a vast food source in the Outback. The camel supply chain project will aid […]
SA LIBERALS COMMIT TO PERMANENT RENAL DIALYSIS ON APY LANDS
If elected to Government in March, State Liberal Leader Steven Marshall has committed to working with the Federal Government to ensure a permanent renal dialysis unit, with the capacity for four renal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
SPATE OF EARTHQUAKES HIT SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S FAR NORTH
A spate of earthquakes all within a week of each other have occurred in South Australia’s Far North with three strikes on the APY Lands. A significant 6.1 earthquake struck near Ernabella (Pukatja), Fregon and Indulkana […]
MEDIA TAKE THE BAIT ON MISLEADING DRUG RAID RELEASE
A marijuana bud and a business shop takings were “seized” in the latest raid at Mintabie on Officer Oil Basin in the Far North of South Australia. On Monday 11 April, 2011 […]
EIGHT ARRESTED – ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKING DRUGS BETWEEN ADELAIDE & MINTABIE
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 […]
NEW SHOPPING GUIDE CD AIMED AT ANANGU IN SA
“People from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands will be more empowered to protect their rights as consumers”, says Minister for Consumer Affairs Gail Gago following yesterday’s launch of an informative CD called Talk About Shopping, […]
MINTABIE: IMPENDING LEGISLATION TO STOP OPAL MINERS HAVING A DRINK IN THEIR HOMES
CIVIL LIBERTIES: PRECEDENT SOUGHT BY STATE GOVERNMENT To the Editor, Impending SA State Legislation will see entry to Mintabie (an existing community settled prior to land grants), by ordinary Australians drastically restricted, […]
RANKINE: ANANGU ON APY LAND TO TAKE OUT HOMESTART LOANS FOR NEW HOUSING
According to Ms Jennifer Rankine the Minister for Families and Communities, in Coober Pedy on Tuesday (today), Anangu on the APY Lands will be able to apply for home loans through a […]
ANANGU PITJANTJATJARA (APY) LANDS COMMUNITY STORE GOVERNANCE
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 […]
MAN STABBED ON APY LANDS
TO THE OPAL MINING FRATERNITY – RE MINTABIE
LEASE DECISION FOR MINTABIE STILL PENDING WHILE APY OVERWHELMED WITH BUREAUCRACY
LOCAL COUNCIL TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR APY LANDS – WEATHERILL
ADELAIDE CROWS FLY TO FAR NORTH APY COMMUNITIES
APY RESIDENTS REDRESS MEDIA CLAIMS OF EXPLOITATION IN MINTABIE
Coober Pedy Regional Times 