Steven Schubert
Steven Schubert is a reporter for the ABC in Darwin.
Call for more recognition of WWII attacks outside of Darwin
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While Darwin bore the brunt of World War II attacks in northern Australia, historians are calling for more recognition for places outside of Darwin that were bombed by the Japanese.
Topics: world-war-2, katherine-0850, milingimbi-0822, exmouth-6707, townsville-4810, darwin-0800
AACo shuts down Livingstone abattoir after heavy rain
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The Australian Agricultural Company temporarily shuts down its abattoir at Livingstone due to a lack of cattle, leaving hundreds of workers without a pay cheque.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, food-processing, darwin-0800
New technique to be tested to extract gold from defunct NT mine
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A new technique for crushing rock could make reopening a disused gold mine near Katherine economically viable, says the American company who owns the site.
Topics: gold, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-rural, katherine-0850
Danny Deacon deserves longer sentence, DPP argues
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A Darwin man who murdered his partner of 10 years deserves a longer jail sentence, the Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions tells an appeal court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800
NT tradies vouchers for home improvements return, rise to $4,000
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A scheme scrapped by the Northern Territory's Labor Government that allowed people to get $2,000 to put towards home improvements is re-introduced after months of pressure, and extended.
Topics: government-and-politics, nt, darwin-0800
Contaminated water from mine discharged into Edith River
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A gold mine north of Katherine starts deliberately discharging contaminated water into a river due to the heavy rainfall in the area.
Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, weather, katherine-0850
Don Dale detainee says he told guards he was giving up before teargassing
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A teenage boy who escaped from a cell at Darwin's Don Dale centre says he told guards he was giving up, but then shot a fire extinguisher at them, before they deployed teargas on him and five other children.
Topics: royal-commissions, darwin-0800
Man who punched Darwin police officer jailed
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A man is jailed for punching Constable Nick Carter, who had no memory of the attack or the immediate events afterwards and was unable to work for five days.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, assault, darwin-0800
Police investigating former Darwin real estate manager over theft allegations
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Northern Territory Police investigate high-profile former Darwin real estate agent Chris Deutrom after the company he worked for said it dismissed him for allegedly stealing money.
Topics: crime, darwin-0800, nt
NT should legalise same-sex adoption: Chansey Paech
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Australia's first openly gay Indigenous member of Parliament is urging the Northern Territory Government to legalise same-sex adoption.
Topics: government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
Police lost domestic violence order paperwork for alleged murder victim
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A non-contact order for a woman who was allegedly murdered by her partner was delayed because police lost the paperwork, a Darwin murder trial hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
Rugby league to finally get home in NT
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Darwin will finally get a dedicated rugby league stadium, after the Northern Territory Government brings forward plans for the $25 million sports facility.
Topics: rugby-league, government-and-politics, sport, marrara-0812, darwin-0800
Banana industry back in business in NT after growing ban lifted
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Farmers in the Northern Territory are planting bananas again after being forced to pull out every plant they had a few years ago.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, agricultural-crops, bananas, agribusiness, environment, nt, australia
Next wave of Aussie troops head to Iraq to train local forces
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400 Australian and NZ troops will head to Iraq in the next few weeks to train local forces to battle Islamic State.
Topics: defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, darwin-0800
Trump presidency could provoke 'world disorder': Nobel Peace Prize winner
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Donald Trump could provoke instability and world disorder if he becomes the US president, according to Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, event, darwin-0800, east-timor, united-states, asia
NT Education Minister grilled on Kormilda College
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The Northern Territory Education Minister is questioned during the second day of Parliament on whether the new Labor Government will provide extra money for one of Australia's largest Indigenous boarding schools, which is facing a funding crisis.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
Assault charge against estranged wife of former NT deputy leader dropped
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The estranged wife of former Northern Territory deputy chief minister Willem Westra van Holthe walks free from court after a charge of aggravated assault against her is dropped.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
Force on Don Dale detainee criticised by Government witness
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One of the Northern Territory Government's own expert witnesses, called to defend a lawsuit from former detainees at the Don Dale detention centre, criticises the force used by officers on one of the children.
Topics: courts-and-trials, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
Rebels bikie in hospital after hit-and-run in NT
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A member of the Rebels outlaw bikie gang is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being hit by a vehicle on Tuesday night, NT Police say.
Topics: crime, yarrawonga-0830
Don Dale guards may have broken Weapons Control Act, lawyer says
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Prison guards may have broken the Weapons Control Act when a group of youths were tear gassed at Darwin's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, a lawyer for the four teenagers tells an NT court.
Topics: youth, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800
Man used company card to sell cut price fuel to Facebook motoring page members
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A Darwin man who stole a fuel card from his employer and used it to sell cut price fuel to people he targeted online is jailed for 16 months.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800
'Cunning, manipulative' Danny Deacon sentenced to life in prison
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Darwin man Danny Deacon is sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of more than 21 years, for the murder of his partner Carlie Sinclair.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800, nt
Murderer Danny Deacon described as 'pure evil' by victim's mother
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The mother of murder victim Carlie Sinclair describes her killer, Danny Deacon, as "pure evil" in Darwin's Supreme Court.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800
Danny Deacon found guilty of murdering partner Carlie Sinclair
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After four days of deliberations, the jury finds Danny Deacon guilty of murdering his partner Carlie Sinclair in 2013 and dumping her body in a bushland grave on the outskirts of Darwin.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800, berry-springs-0837
Jury told they can deliver majority verdict in Danny Deacon murder trial
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The jury in the murder trial of Danny Jack Deacon is told they can deliver a majority verdict rather than a unanimous one after more than three days of deliberation with no result.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800
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