{
  "id": 13525220,
  "title": "Mineral royalties and technical colleges in duelling Victorian election pledges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/mineral-royalties-and-technical-colleges-in-duelling-victorian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T20:19:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-11/victorian-election-mineral-royalties-technical-colleges/107251274"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Victorian Premier Ben Carroll and Opposition Leader Jess Wilson have each unveiled election pledges ahead of the November 28 state election. Carroll's Labor government pledges to channel 100% of mineral resource royalties to regional Victoria, while Wilson's Coalition plans to establish 10 new technical colleges statewide, modeled on South Australia's approach. The mineral resource revival in Victoria is seen as a major factor in the state's economic potential.",
  "summary": "Labor Premier Ben Carroll and Coalition leader Jess Wilson will today announce duelling policies on mineral royalties and technical colleges ahead of next month's Victorian election.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}