{
  "id": 16521919,
  "title": "Skills shortage puts retail butchers on the chopping block",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/skills-shortage-puts-retail-butchers-on-the-chopping-block",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T19:58:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/butcher-skills-shortage-queensland/107301364"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Queensland butchers are battling to survive amid a skills shortage, with one set to stop serving customers due to a lack of available staff, while others have begun recruiting from overseas.",
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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."
}