{
  "id": 18888296,
  "title": "Labor backflips on sale of historic defence sites including Sydney’s Victoria Barracks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/labor-backflips-on-sale-of-historic-defence-sites-including-sydneys-18888296",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T07:22:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/labor-backflips-on-sale-of-historic-defence-sites-including-sydney-s-victoria-barracks-20261108-p61cf4.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Labor has bowed to months of intense public and political pressure and abandoned the sale of the historic Victoria Barracks and other defence estates.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Victoria Barracks sale abandoned following backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/victoria-barracks-sale-abandoned-following-backlash-18794042",
        "published": "2026-11-07T21:07:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Controversial sale of Sydney's Victoria Barracks scrapped",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/controversial-sale-of-sydneys-victoria-barracks-scrapped",
        "published": "2026-11-07T22:16:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Victoria Barracks in Sydney and Melbourne to remain in public hands after partial backtrack on defence property selloff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/victoria-barracks-in-sydney-and-melbourne-to-remain-in-public-hands",
        "published": "2026-11-08T00:17:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}