Nathan Coates
Nathan is a digital journalist at RN in Sydney. Follow him on Twitter @NathanHCoates
Meet the Sydney jazz band that's played one venue for 44 years
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Over 44 years the Unity Hall Jazz Band has played for a range of audiences at the same Sydney venue. But while the crowds have changed, the music has not.
Topics: jazz, population-and-demographics, lifestyle-and-leisure, balmain-2041, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Three ways to keep it legal at the office Christmas party
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When things go badly at the office Christmas party there can be serious ramifications. Based on real cases, here are a few ways to keep your merrymaking legal.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, events, community-and-society, laws, australia
I was only 19: The real soldier behind the anthem
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It's a song that brought Australia's Vietnam veterans together, but it's not a work of fiction. It's about a real soldier: Mick Storen.
Topics: music, art-history, unrest-conflict-and-war, australian-composers, popular-culture, australia, vietnam
Why a Christian minister turned on God but wants to remain in the Church
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Meet the Canadian minister who has come out as an atheist, but wants to continue leading her congregation at West Hill United Church.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, christianity, atheism, canada
Getting closer to human specimens thanks to body donors and hip new gallery
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A Melbourne museum that collects body parts is set to make its treasures available via a digital stream and a trendy new gallery.
Topics: science-and-technology, library-museum-and-gallery, art-and-design, visual-art, melbourne-3000
Hobart divided over Sue Neill-Fraser case as next court date draws closer
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Tasmania's capital remains divided over the true story behind a notorious seven-year-old murder case that is due to return to the courts next month.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, hobart-7000, tas, australia
Cash is for criminals: Why we should scrap big notes
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The vast numbers of banknotes in circulation around the world are making us poorer and less safe, a US economist says.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, law-crime-and-justice, immigration, tax, australia
China's soft power plays aren't new, but have they shifted up a gear?
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The Chinese consulate is accused of trying to thwart the activities of Chinese Australian organisations. This is how representatives of the Chinese diaspora respond.
Topics: world-politics, money-and-monetary-policy, university-and-further-education, australia, china
A Big Country: Bringing science to kids in the bush Audio
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A touring Questacon science circus is bringing science to kids in the bush. They recently turned a studio at the Alice Springs School of the Air into a science laboratory for the day. Read more
Topics: distance-education, rural-youth, science, alice-springs-0870
How a Melbourne conductor helped save Kolkata's trams
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In the late 1990s, Melbourne tram workers helped their Indian counterparts avoid losing light rail by bringing performance and decoration to their trams.
Topics: performance-art, street-art, visual-art, history, india, melbourne-3000
Alice Springs cattle sale reflects healthy market
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Prices were firm at the third Alice Springs cattle sale for the year but rain forced cattle numbers down.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, alice-springs-0870
Study reveals stress and death for some inland plants because of rising temperatures Feature
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A study finds Australia's inland plants are reaching a tipping point in terms of being able to cope with rising temperatures, and findings suggest future heatwaves could damage flora and grain crops bordering arid zones.
Topics: rural, climate-change, agricultural-crops, earth-sciences, alice-springs-0870
Winter rain falls heavily across Central Australia
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Widespread winter rain has fallen at record rates over Central Australia, with the outlook pointing to more rain to come.
Topics: rural, rainfall, alice-springs-0870
Three-month outback odyssey comes to an end
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A Sydney rail worker cycles across the Australian outback to raise awareness about suicide prevention.
Topics: suicide, alice-springs-0870
Circus of science for bush kids Feature
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Children from outback cattle stations experience science in action via the Questacon Science Circus and School of the Air.
Topics: rural, science, access-to-education, alice-springs-0870
Remote NT cattle station waits three months for phone to be fixed
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Owners of a cattle station northeast of Alice Springs have spent the last three months fearing for the safety of family and workers whilst waiting for their phone to be fixed.
Topics: rural, telecommunications, alice-springs-0870
NT dog attacks down after better access to 1080 poison: pastoralists say
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NT pastoralists report better access to 1080 poison has reduced the number of wild dog attacks on cattle.
Topics: rural, pests, beef-cattle, alice-springs-0870
NT students study Amazon and its similarities with Top End
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The NT's Top End was once part of the Amazon jungle and there are similarities between the two regions.
Topics: rural, conservation, regional-development, animals, alice-springs-0870
NT gas giant wants second pipeline to eastern states Feature
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Central Petroleum boss Richard Cottee says the company could drum up enough gas to justify a second, southern pipeline to eastern states.
Topics: rural, mining-rural, oil-and-gas, markets, alice-springs-0870
Cattle prices skyrocket in Alice Springs
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Alice Springs cattle price records tumble amid fierce competition from processors and feedlots.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, markets, alice-springs-0870
NT cattle station Tanami Downs in liquidation
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In a bid to recoup financial losses NT cattle station Tanami Downs has been placed in liquidation.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, business-economics-and-finance, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, alice-springs-0870
Producers pleased about increased prices fetched at Alice Springs cattle sale. Audio
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Producers pleased about increased prices fetched at Alice Springs cattle sale. Read more.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, agribusiness, alice-springs-0870
Alice Springs cattle sale reflects strong market
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New price records at the Alice Springs Show reflect a strong market.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, agribusiness, alice-springs-0870
NT Government says strengthening definition of environmental impact is overdue
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New Northern Territory hydraulic fracturing laws are labelled vague by an anti-fracking group.
Topics: rural, mining-rural, environmental-impact, laws, alice-springs-0870
Bilby protection festival a success: ranger says
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A week long Bilby protection festival in Australia's central desert finished today and host rangers are pleased with the amount of knowledge that's been shared.
Topics: rural, animals, endangered-and-protected-species, indigenous-culture, alice-springs-0870
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