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  "id": 16205763,
  "title": "A covert tape, political feuds and toxic soil: Eight-year defamation battle reaches end",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/a-covert-tape-political-feuds-and-toxic-soil-eight-year-defamation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/a-covert-tape-political-feuds-and-toxic-soil-eight-year-defamation-battle-reaches-end-20261024-p616zz.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Perth property developer Greg Poland claimed he was defamed following the publication of two stories, based on a covert recording sent to journalists by federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie.",
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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."
}