Bureaucracy article defended a touching town in southern NSW? (9)

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'southern nsw?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'bureaucracy article defended a touching town in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'article' could be 'a' (the indefinite article in English) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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