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‘Lining their pockets’: Salvos fired over Brisbane’s new housing strategy
(www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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Its technical meaning is:
But derived from that is its common usage outside of military contexts. Particularly in the phrase "opening salvo", which means:
It's that usage which is being used here, only not necessarily with the "opening" part.