{
  "id": 4545715,
  "title": "Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/victorian-prisoners-to-be-sent-out-to-repair-roads-under-labors",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T01:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/31/victorian-prisoners-to-be-sent-out-to-repair-roads-under-labors-pothole-plan"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Inmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian prisoners will be put to work on road maintenance as part of Labor’s plan to fix the state’s potholes if re-elected. The state’s premier, Ben Carroll, will…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/victorian-prisoners-to-be-sent-out-to-repair-roads-under-labors-4555899",
        "published": "2026-08-31T01:04:00.000Z"
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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."
}