Steven Schubert
Steven Schubert is a reporter for the ABC in Darwin.
Barrels, booze and bulls at the Brunette Downs races
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An intrepid ABC reporter hits the famed Brunette Downs races and encounters more than just a few Northern Territory characters, and a whole lot of mud.
Topics: rural, regional, community-and-society, nt
Man guilty of installing hidden camera in stepdaughters' bathroom
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A Palmerston man who installed a hidden video camera in his stepdaughters' bathroom for "salacious and sleazy reasons" walks from court after pleading guilty.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, darwin-0800, palmerston-0830
Darwin real estate agent jailed for bond theft
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A Darwin real estate agent stole $57,300 of tenants' bond money to fund an amphetamine habit and gambling addiction, a court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, corruption, darwin-0800
NT Police investigate Facebook post of hogtied 'would-be-thief'
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Northern Territory Police urge people not to take the law into their own hands after a Facebook post bragging about an apparent abduction of a would-be thief in Palmerston went viral.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, rosebery-0832, palmerston-0830, darwin-0800
Former RAAF mechanic voices toxic foam fears after report recommends blood tests
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A former Darwin RAAF mechanic is pushing for the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct blood tests for those exposed to toxic firefighting foams.
Topics: chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, occupational-health-and-safety, darwin-0800
Fracking moratorium 'would limit job prospects for young trainees'
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A proposal by Northern Territory Labor to put a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing could limit the prospects of young job seekers, the owner of a Territory engineering company believes.
Topics: industry, oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, katherine-0850
Anzac Day commemorations draw mixed NT crew in honour of fallen
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Thousands of veterans and serving defence force personnel commemorate Anzac Day 2016 across the Territory.
Topics: anzac-day, darwin-0800
Small blocks in Zuccoli 'will strain council services'
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The mayor of Darwin's satellite city Palmerston says the size of blocks in the new suburb of Zuccoli are too small and will put a strain on council services.
Topics: housing, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, palmerston-0830
Public housing estate to be knocked down under draft development plan for Nightcliff
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A public housing estate will be knocked down in the Darwin suburb of Nightcliff and replaced with commercial and residential buildings, under a draft development plan released today.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, housing, darwin-0800
Staff at Katherine Hotel killed Styles King, coroner says (video)
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Two staff members at a pub in the small Northern Territory town of Katherine killed a man three years ago, Northern Territory coroner Greg Cavanagh says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, katherine-0850
Bouncer involved in fatal fight 'a thug', coroner says after watching CCTV (video)
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A coronial inquest sees graphic footage of a man dying in a Katherine pub after being held down by two staff members as well as CCTV video of an earlier incident involving one of the same bouncers.
Topics: courts-and-trials, katherine-0850
Styles King bit bouncer who restrained him at NT hotel, inquest hears
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A bouncer in a Katherine hotel punched a man - who later died from asphyxiation - several times in the head, despite the man scratching, biting and gouging him as he was restrained, an inquest hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, katherine-0850
More ambulances, staff for NT's service after $149m funding boost
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The Northern Territory's ambulance service welcomes a new injection of funding which will mean more staff and vehicles for the organisation.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, health, nt
Darwin to host international hockey tournament ahead of Rio Olympics
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Darwin is set to host an international women's hockey tournament in mid-2016 between India, Japan, New Zealand and Australia ahead of the Rio Olympics.
Topics: sport, darwin-0800
Ex-AFL star Daniel Motlop's goose meat project kicking goals
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Forget kale and quinoa, the next big food fad could be an animal that's considered a pest by Top End farmers.
Topics: food-processing, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, business-economics-and-finance, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800, port-adelaide-5015, papua-new-guinea, indonesia, asia, pacific
Expansion of NT croc products unlikely to dent deadly animal's numbers
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As the NT Government announces it wants to expand the crocodile products industry, the tally for captures around the Top End area shows there is no shortage of the deadly animal, even near Darwin CBD.
Topics: crocodile, fashion, animal-attacks, darwin-0800
First NT baby for 2016 arrives quicker than expected
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The first baby is born in the Northern Territory for 2016 could barely wait to see the world, making his entrance just 15 minutes into the New Year.
Topics: community-and-society, darwin-0800
Pink Panther pub finds itself with no beer thanks to NT floods
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A remote Northern Territory pub runs out of its most important commodity - beer - due to flooding along the Stuart Highway.
Topics: floods, emergency-incidents, larrimah-0852
Rosalie Lalara drops argument Australian law does not apply to her
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A woman who has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $500,000 from an Aboriginal trust drops a legal argument that the NT Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction over her and the laws of the Parliament did not apply because she was a sovereign Aboriginal person.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, gambling, nt
NT environmental approvals loophole closed under new rules
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Loopholes such as the one that allowed a deepwater port to be built on the Tiwi Islands without any environmental approvals will be closed under new environmental assessment rules, the Northern Territory Government says.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
Chrisco hamper lay-by contracts breached consumer law, court rules
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A company offering Christmas hamper lay-bys is found guilty of breaking consumer law and could face more than a million dollars in fines.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, corporate-governance, business-economics-and-finance
Wellards plans modernised feedlot in Darwin
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One of Australia's largest live cattle exporters is planning to invest up to $15 million in new quarantine yards near Darwin.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-insurance, darwin-0800
Chuck Hutchins driven to encourage next generation of solar racers
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Few people could claim to be bigger fans of solar car racing than Chuck Hutchins. The 81-year-old is in Australia for his fifth World Solar Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide to support his beloved University of Michigan team.
Topics: solar-energy, science-and-technology, event, darwin-0800, nt, adelaide-5000, sa
Polish competitor sings her way through World Solar Challenge
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Opera singer and Polish competitor Matylda Stefanowska says she eases the difficulties of the 3,000km World Solar Challenge by singing.
Topics: solar-energy, science-and-technology, event, darwin-0800, adelaide-5000, nt, sa
Dutch car takes pole position in World Solar Challenge
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A Netherlands-based solar car that can carry four people and is legal to drive on roads in the European Union secures pole position in the World Solar Challenge.
Topics: solar-energy, science-and-technology, darwin-0800
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