{
  "id": 11981304,
  "title": "Federal government backs Queensland blueprint to hit illicit cigarette gangs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/federal-government-backs-queensland-blueprint-to-hit-illicit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-government-backs-queensland-blueprint-to-hit-illicit-cigarette-gangs-20261005-p612fh.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Federal cabinet holds up Queensland’s 55 per cent surge in legal cigarette sales as proof that street-level enforcement can break the $8.5 billion black market.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Federal government backs Queensland blueprint to hit illicit cigarette gangs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/federal-government-backs-queensland-blueprint-to-hit-illicit-11981324",
        "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}