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  "id": 16362608,
  "title": "We want you! ADF recruitment rates are growing, even as the odds of conflict rise. Why are people signing up?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/we-want-you-adf-recruitment-rates-are-growing-even-as-the-odds-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T19:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/adf-army-recruitment-rates-rising-despite-war"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The number of full-time personnel across navy, army and air force grew to more than 64,000 this year, making it the largest military in 25 years We’re herded into a sterile elevator by a woman in navy camouflage fatigues and carried up to the 11th floor, overlooking Parramatta’s central business district on a dreary afternoon in Sydney’s west. At the front of the room, dressed in a khaki green…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}