Changes to road rules setting a minimum distance for overtaking cyclists and allowing all age cycling on footpaths will take effect tomorrow. The Transport and Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan said the changes […]
WANTED MAN DANNY FERGUSON RELATING TO DEATH AT OODNADATTA
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate 35-year-old man Danny Ferguson. Ferguson is wanted for questioning following the suspicious death of a woman at Oodnadatta on Friday 3 July. He was […]
SUDDEN DEATH AT OODNADATTA
UPDATE: 5-7-2015 DEATH AT OODNADATTA DECLARED A MAJOR CRIME Police are searching scrubland for a man following the death of a woman at Oodnadatta on Friday. At 3.30pm on Friday […]
CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING DRAFT REPORT RELEASED
The Productivity Commission today released its draft inquiry report on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning. “Our recommendations seek to make childcare more affordable, flexible and accessible. Furthermore they will provide a framework […]
FIRE BANS: FAR NORTH TOWNS WILL REACH 48C ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
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
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
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
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
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
Police are investigating the disappearance of 2442 sheep from a rural property on the Eyre Peninsula.
CEDUNA MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT
Police have arrested a 42-year-old Ceduna man for theft and assault.
CANNABIS CROPS DISCOVERED IN CONSERVATION PARK
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
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
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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