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  "id": 602992,
  "title": "Sydney council at centre of corruption probe rejects transparency plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/sydney-council-at-centre-of-corruption-probe-rejects-transparency-plan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T21:27:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-council-at-centre-of-corruption-probe-rejects-transparency-plan-20260810-p60n27.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hills Shire councillors have voted against publicly disclosing details of meetings with lobbyists and developers.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Sydney council at centre of corruption probe rejects transparency plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/sydney-council-at-centre-of-corruption-probe-rejects-transparency-plan-603059",
        "published": "2026-08-11T21:27:11.000Z"
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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."
}