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  "id": 17772224,
  "title": "Award‑winning Australian children’s author Craig Silvey jailed over child exploitation material",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/award-winning-australian-childrens-author-craig-silvey-jailed-over-17772224",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:01:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/02/australian-author-craig-silvey-jailed-child-exploitation-material-ntwnfb"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jasper Jones writer sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys, Western Australian district court hears Warning: This article contains graphic content Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The award‑winning author Craig Silvey sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys and was caught with explicit images of children and adults. The…",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Popular Australian children's author jailed over child exploitation offences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/popular-australian-childrens-author-jailed-over-child-exploitation",
        "published": "2026-11-02T08:03:39.000Z"
      }
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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."
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