Coober Pedy, South Australia — The official website of the District Council of Coober Pedy has been offline for more than a week, leaving residents, stakeholders, and tourists without access to vital information — and the Council has offered no explanation, no notice, and no timeline for restoration.

In a town that relies heavily on tourism, the outage comes at a critical time: the final months of the peak season, when travelers are actively seeking local information. The Council’s site typically appears on the first page of Google search results for “Coober Pedy tourism,” meaning thousands of prospective visitors are currently being met with a dead link.

Despite this, the Council has remained publicly silent. There have been no announcements or acknowledgements on its official social media channels, and no updates for residents or businesses who rely on the site for council notices, policies, forms, and meeting documents.

“Are they even aware their site is down? Who would know? They certainly haven’t said a word,” one frustrated local business owner told us. “This is the height of our tourism season, and their silence is deafening.”

The silence is especially concerning given that, as a government website, the platform is presumably hosted on reliable infrastructure with professional support. That makes a week-long outage highly unusual and raises questions about the Council’s oversight and responsiveness.

This latest failure adds to what many see as a long list of blunders and administrative missteps under the current CEO and administration. The absence of even basic communication, let alone a resolution, is further eroding public trust.

For now, residents and visitors alike are left in the dark, unable to access council information and unsure when — or if — the website will return.