Mintabie was once thriving, flowing with booze, drugs, cash and some of the world’s best opals. Now it’s a smashed-up ghost town left to rot. Why? Locals and Traditional Owners demand a path forward?

In the dead heart of Australia, a once-thriving opal mining town which became plagued by drugs and violence has been completely wiped off the map - like it never even existed. Mintabie stood on baked ...

Uncertainty surrounding the future of a South Australian opal mining town is impacting upon the international trade of the precious gemstone. Mintabie in the state's far north west is home to about 30 ...

The Mintabie Review Panel, which handed down its report to the Labor government in 2018, recommended the town be immediately closed and handed back to Traditional Owners so the land could be ...