Tag Archives: Umoona Opal Mine and Museum
COOBER PEDY AND REMOTE AREAS “ELECTRICITY CRISIS MEETING” TO GO AHEAD
An URGENT PUBLIC MEETING scheduled for 10.30am on Sunday 15 May in Coober Pedy will go ahead despite last minute suggestions that the excessive electricity tariffs imposed on 13 Outback Towns will be “looked at” by the State Government. In … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC Regional Radio, Annette Marner, District Council of Coober Pedy, Honourable John Darley MLC, Independent Senator for SA, Lyn Breuer MP, mayor steve baines, Minister for Energy Michael O’Brien, Nick Xenophon, Umoona Opal Mine and Museum, URGENT PUBLIC MEETING, Yanni Athanasiadis
OUTBACK ELECTRICITY TARIFFS: “SHORT SIGHTED SA GOVERNMENT SADDLES TOWNS WITH IMPOSSIBLE DEBTS”
Letter to Senator Nick Xenaphon from Yanni Athanasiadis of Umoona Opal Mine and Museum re: the short sighted decision of SA Government and Energy minister to impose $1.3m electricity tariff on Outback towns in SA Dear Nick, Many Regards. … Continue reading
OUTBACK ELECTRICITY TARIFFS: “CONTEMPTUOUS TREATMENT OF OUTBACK SA COMMUNITIES”
Letter to Premier Mike Rann from Yanni Athanasiadis of Umoona Opal Mine & Museum Coober Pedy re: discriminatory $1.3million electricity tax on remote South Australian communities Mr Rann, My name is Yanni Athanasiadis and I have been a resident of Coober Pedy … Continue reading
ADELAIDE NOW PRODUCES ‘MISCHIEVOUS’ OPAL SCAM
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 22/5/09) as at best, sensationalism and at worst, … Continue reading
GOVERNOR GENERAL ENJOYS ROMANCE WITH OPAL IN COOBER PEDY
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 perhaps a secret thought to come back one day as a noodler or even a … Continue reading
