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  "id": 17019990,
  "title": "‘A free pass’: Alcoa pushed back from Perth’s drinking water, but not everyone is happy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/a-free-pass-alcoa-pushed-back-from-perths-drinking-water-but-not-17019990",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-29T05:45:18.000Z",
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  "summary": "New restrictions on the bauxite miner include increasing protection buffers for water reservoirs by prohibiting mining within two kilometres, and increasing protection buffers for black cockatoo nesting trees.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘A free pass’: Alcoa pushed back from Perth’s drinking water, but not everyone is happy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/a-free-pass-alcoa-pushed-back-from-perths-drinking-water-but-not",
        "published": "2026-10-29T05:45:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Alcoa ordered to stay further away from Perth's drinking water supply",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/alcoa-ordered-to-stay-further-away-from-perths-drinking-water-supply",
        "published": "2026-10-29T08:04:20.000Z"
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