{
  "id": 4895652,
  "title": "Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/sydneys-beaches-enter-the-drone-age-to-get-swimmers-back-in-the-water-4895652",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/sydneys-beaches-enter-the-drone-age-to-get-swimmers-back-in-the-water-after-spate-of-shark-attacks"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone monitoring program, which one expert has called ‘the best technology we have at the moment’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Hey Taha, what’s the visibility like?” shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder. “Uh, nice,” says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/sydneys-beaches-enter-the-drone-age-to-get-swimmers-back-in-the-water",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:00:07.000Z"
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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."
}