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  "id": 18515795,
  "title": "Anti-fire ant eradication activist convicted after using legal arguments ‘similar to sovereign citizens’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/anti-fire-ant-eradication-activist-convicted-after-using-legal-18515795",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T14:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/07/trevor-hold-activist-convicted-qld-fire-ant-eradication-program-queensland-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Legal expert compares Trevor Hold’s failed defence to ‘tried and tested argument’ used by sovereign citizen movement Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Queensland leader of a group opposing the eradication of fire ants in Australia has been convicted of obstructing government officers, after a magistrate threw out his argument that the commonwealth-funded program is…",
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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."
}