{
  "id": 8273229,
  "title": "Mounting calls for venues to cancel Ben Cousins speaking tour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mounting-calls-for-venues-to-cancel-ben-cousins-speaking-tour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/mounting-calls-for-venues-to-cancel-ben-cousins-speaking-tour-20260919-p60ych.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The calls come after the George Hotel in Ballarat earlier this week opted to cancel Cousins’ tour date, saying the venue had failed to consider Cousins’ previous domestic violence convictions when booking him to speak.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Mounting calls for venues to cancel Ben Cousins speaking tour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mounting-calls-for-venues-to-cancel-ben-cousins-speaking-tour-8273554",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}