{
  "id": 5049159,
  "title": "Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/car-bomb-feuds-and-5k-to-count-12-votes-as-nsw-councils-scrutinised",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T08:01:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/nsw-councils-budget-estimates-car-bombing-vote-count/107107986"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Local government may have a reputation for being boring, but NSW budget estimates today provided an extraordinary snapshot of what is playing out across the state's councils.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}