{
  "id": 10333424,
  "title": "Don’t think Australia couldn’t become an autocracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/dont-think-australia-couldnt-become-an-autocracy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T01:09:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/rick-morton-autocracy-australia-pauline-hanson-donald-trump-right-wing-populism/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks. The post Don’t think Australia couldn’t become an autocracy appeared first on Crikey .",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Crikey",
        "title": "Don’t think Australia is immune to authoritarianism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/dont-think-australia-is-immune-to-authoritarianism",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:09:49.000Z"
      }
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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."
}