Lot 1097 Carrolls Rd Coober Pedy SA 57233 Residential Units in need of Attention. A rare opportunity to get in at “ground level” and purchase a mutli-tenancy property that will respond well […]
AUCTION: 3 UNDERGROUND UNITS CARROLLS ROAD COOBER PEDY
COOBER PEDY DISTRICT COUNCIL, PUBLIC CONSULTATION
The District Council of Coober Pedy invites feedback regarding the following key plans: • Draft Long-Term Financial Plan 2024-25 to 2033-34• Draft Infrastructure and Asset Management Plan 2024-25 to 2033-34 Community consultation […]
LARGE DRONE-LIKE CRAFT OVER COOBER PEDY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
.UPDATED: At approximately 4am Thursday morning 26 December, 2024, a local Coober Pedy resident saw a bright light in the sky in the Flat Hill Road area. On closer inspection, the object, […]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE TO CANCEL WPA EXCLUSION ZONE FROM FEBRUARY to MARCH
FOR ANYONE TRAVELING OR WORKING IN THE FAR NORTH DURING THIS TIME: Expected Cancellation of Exclusion Period – Amber Zone 2 – from 17 February 2025 to 2 March 2025 inclusive The […]
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BE RESTORED IN THE REGIONS AFTER REPEATED APPEALS BY REGIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
In a major backflip by Health Minister Chris Picton, the mental health services crisis afflicting the Eyre Peninsula has been resolved following repeated appeals by regional clinical psychologist Dr Amanda Rogers. Dr. […]
FORMER LABOR MINISTER APPOINTED AS PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATOR AT COOBER PEDY COUNCIL
Former Labor Minister, Patrick Conlon has been appointed as the principal administrator of the Coober Pedy Council where he will be tasked with delivering long-term solutions for essential services for the township […]
BHP TEAM UP TO PROVIDE GRADER & ROLLER COURSE OPPORTUNITIES AT COOBER PEDY
Matt Graham President of the Coober Pedy Miner’s Association attended the BHP Pathways into Industry meeting earlier this year and discussed how BHP could help the community. Matt and his committee had […]
INVITATION TO MEET WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER HON JOE SZAKACS MP at COOBER PEDY
The (new) Minister for Local Government, the Hon Joe Szakacs MP will visit Coober Pedy on Wednesday 31 July 2024. COMMUNITY MEMBERS are hereby invited to attend a public forum at the […]
DISTRICT COUNCIL of COOBER PEDY: ADOPTION of VALUATION and DECLARATION of RATES
District Council of Coober PedyAdoption of Valuations and Declaration of RatesNotice is hereby given that at its meeting of 5 July 2024 the District Council of Coober Pedy adopted its valuations and […]
COOBER PEDY REAL ESTATE: DECEASED ESTATE PORTFOLIO AUCTION (9 LISTINGS)
Lot 163 Paxton Road, Coober Pedy • Former commercial property – 3 bed, 1 bath • Zoned -Township • Land – 1300 sqm approx. • Leased at $165 per week Lot 102 […]
TELSTRA MOBILE OUTAGE AT COOBER PEDY – CURRENT UNTIL JULY 2
Check your postcode here: https://www.telstra.com.au/outages
COOBER PEDY OPAL FESTIVAL PROGRAM 14/15/16 JUNE 2024
COOBER PEDY CFS CALLED TO VEHICLE ON FIRE AFTER BEING TOWED 8km UPSIDE DOWN
Sunday 14 January 2024 18:34:29 The Coober Pedy Police and Coober Pedy CFS with two CFS appliances responded to a report that there was a “car on fire, being towed upside down” out […]
COOBER PEDY: THE WEAK LINK IN CRIME & ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT IS INADEQUATE POLICE ALLOCATION
NEW ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS FOR COOBER PEDY, CURRENTLY IN THE GRIP OF A CRIME WAVE The worst crime wave in Coober Pedy’s history has beset the Opal Capital of the World. Nightly break-ins […]
WOOMERA PROHIBITED AREA – TWO AREAS OF THE GREEN ZONE WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN 16 OCTOBER TO 5 NOVEMBER 2022
Exclusion period notification This notice provides notification that the Green Zone will be closed between 16 October to 5 November 2022 to allow Defence to undertake testing activities. For safety and security […]
TENDER – REX GROUND HANDLING AGENT – at COOBER PEDY
WILL TIM JACKSON SELF-REPORT AGAIN TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY?
LETTER TO EDITOR, On 22 March 2022, Administrator Tim Jackson made a public statement in the Council Agenda and meeting that he had self-reported to the Office of Public Integrity (OPI) about […]
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COOBER PEDY YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY!
Council is seeking the views of the community on the draft 2022-23 Annual Business Plan (ABP) andBudget. The draft ABP and budget can be found on https://www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/noticeboard/public-consultation Hard copies can also be […]
NEARLY 100,000 DRUG DEALS STOPPED FROM HITTING THE STREETS IN 2018
More than 25,000 phone and web reports received by Crime Stoppers SA in 2018 stopped an estimated 80,035 cannabis and 12,227 amphetamine street deals in South Australia. In addition, a total of […]
CHRISTMAS DAY CHEER, BUT COOBER PEDY MAY SOON BE A TOWN WITHOUT WATER
Firstly I would like wish the community of Coober Pedy a very Happy Christmas, and at the same time register support for the entire Waterworks Department at Coober Pedy who have reluctantly tendered their resignations, […]
WIND POWER – COOBER PEDY’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE
Rotor blades being lifted to the top of a tower by crane. Teams worked during the night at Coober Pedy due to the day temperatures and other weather conditions Coober Pedy Renewable […]
SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT COOBER PEDY
Volunteer CFS Crew and Far North Police attended a suspicious fire at Coober Pedy on Saturday night. Photo: Amanda Strout
COMMUNITIES WANT A SAY IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS
More than 60 percent of South Australians want to have more say in planning their own communities according to a McGregor Tan survey commissioned by the Local Government Association. And almost 60% […]
LINC ENERGY REPORT CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL AT ARCKARINGA BASIN
2014/15 Drilling Program Final Report confirms significant hydrocarbon potential of the Arckaringa Basin The Stuart Range Formation shows potential yields of up to 54 litres of oil per tonne The […]
MISSING MAN UPDATE: BODY FOUND IN FAR NORTH
Police searching in the Far North of South Australia have located a body believed to be that of missing man Dane Kowalski. Searchers made the discovery just after 12.30pm today. Police are […]
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS FUNDING FOR COOBER PEDY CHILD PROGRAMS
Federal funding reallocation may force the closure of all the Child Community Links programs in Coober Pedy. These are the only funded programs within Coober Pedy for 0 – 12 year olds […]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for DAMAGING WIND
For people in parts of the Flinders, North West Pastoral and North East Pastoral districts. Issued at 8:26 pm Saturday, 22 November 2014. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging wind gusts of 90 to […]
STUART HIGHWAY CLOSURE TIMES DURING NOVEMBER 2014
MAYORAL RESULT FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA
In the first set of results SA has provisionally welcomed six new mayors: • Angela Keneally at Charles Sturt; • Stephen Patterson at Holdfast Bay; • Reg Lyon at Kingston; • Brenton […]
TOTAL FIRE BANS FOR SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 2014
Northwest Pastoral – Severe Northeast Pastoral – Severe West Coast – Severe Eastern Eyre Peninsula – Severe Flinders – Extreme Mid North – Extreme Mount Lofty Ranges – Severe Yorke Peninsula – […]
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS: TURN CLOCKS FORWARD SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014
South Australians should move their clocks forward one hour from 2am to 3am on Sunday, 5 October 2014. The start of this daylight saving period keeps South Australia aligned with time changes […]
WOMAN CHARGE OVER STABBING IN COOBER PEDY
An 18-year-old woman was arrested following a serious assault at Coober Pedy overnight. Police were called to a Coober Pedy address at about 3am on Saturday 20 September and found a young […]
LOCAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE POSTERS: FOUR WEEK RULE
Candidates in the upcoming Council Elections should not put up early election posters to avoid running contrary to elections legislation. Local Government Association CEO, Wendy Campana said under Local Government (Elections) Act […]
PROPOSED $18M RENEWABLE ENERGY DIESEL HYBRID PROJECT AT COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy in the Far North of South Australia, hosting a population of around 3,000 people, derives it’s electricity from a 3.9 MW diesel power station, and a 0.15MW wind turbine. Power […]
DROUGHT PACKAGE FOR FAR NORTH PASTORALISTS
The State Government will commit $275,000 for a drought assistance package for pastoralists in the State’s Far North. Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) has provided a grant to Livestock SA, which […]
CAIRN HILL OPERATING ENTITY APPOINTS ADMINISTRATOR
IMX Resources (ASX: IXR, TSX: IXR, IXR.WT) advises that owing to the recent decline in the iron ore price, the board of directors of Termite Resources NL (“Termite”), the entity which owns […]
MEDICARE LOCAL REASSURES COOBER PEDY – “WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS”
Country North SA Medicare Local (CNSAML) has moved to reassure the Coober Pedy community that it is open for business and continuing to provide services, despite pre-Budget speculation about the possible closure […]
ALCOHOL INTERCEPTED NEAR COOBER PEDY, ALLEGEDLY EN-ROUTE TO APY LANDS
A man has been issued with a barring order after attempting to bring in alcohol to an Aboriginal community. At about 5pm yesterday, patrols stopped a Ford sedan about five kilometres south […]
GOOD LUCK SENIOR COMMUNITY CONSTABLE WALKER
Senior Community Constable Dean Walker was last year named the South Australian Local Hero in the prestigious Australian of the Year Awards – with the national winners to be announced this coming […]
MILLION DOLLAR LOTTO WINNERS AT COOBER PEDY & PORT LINCOLN
Three individual winning entries each worth $1,428,571.43 were purchased in Coober Pedy, Port Lincoln and West Beach in South Australia. There were also two winning syndicates of 20-members each in Berri and […]
RADEKA DOWNUNDER LIGHTS UP COOBER PEDY
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
$200,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON KAREN WILLIAMS WHEREABOUTS
Major Crime Detectives have identified a suspect in the 1990 disappearance of Karen Michelle Williams from Coober Pedy The suspect was identified following a review of the historic case. New information was […]
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 […]
OPAL AND PRECIOUS METAL THEFT – COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy police are investigating the theft of a significant quantity of opal, and gold and silver ingots from Coober Pedy this week and ask dealers of precious stones and metals to […]
PROPOSED CHANGES TO FEDERAL MINING OHS&W REGULATIONS DEFERRED
Proposed changes to federal mining occupational health safety and welfare (OHS&W) regulations to be implemented on the first of January 2012 have been deferred for twelve months, while lawmakers, Safe Work Australia […]
REGIONAL FLY-IN, FLY-OUT INQUIRY LAUNCHED
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia has today launched an inquiry into the experience of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) workers in regional Australia. “The Committee recognises […]
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