South Australia Police rejects non-binding recommendations to attract officers to understaffed Coober Pedy station citing funding concerns, despite ongoing staffing issues and union calls for urgent action.
Coober Pedy in South Australia has evolved from a 1915 opal discovery into the world's largest producer of precious opal, with residents adapting to extreme desert heat by living underground. The town features dugout homes, underground churches, restaurants and hotels carved into sandstone, with the first underground church built in 1967. Today, visitors can tour underground homes, mines and churches, experiencing a settlement designed for survival in harsh outback conditions.
