{
  "id": 13731849,
  "title": "Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/australia-has-never-driven-migration-into-reverse-by-design-would",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T14:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/12/australia-has-never-driven-migration-into-reverse-by-design-would-slamming-the-brakes-on-be-calamitous"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is flirting with the idea of something it has never done: deliberately driving net overseas migration into reverse . In the history of our immigrant nation, extended periods of more people leaving our shores than arriving…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/australia-has-never-driven-migration-into-reverse-by-design-would-13732271",
        "published": "2026-10-11T14:00:28.000Z"
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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."
}