{
  "id": 14366420,
  "title": "Fijian minister sparks debate after trying to justify MPs' salaries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/fijian-minister-sparks-debate-after-trying-to-justify-mps-salaries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T04:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Pacific",
    "slug": "rnz-pacific",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/1900147/fijian-minister-sparks-debate-after-trying-to-justify-mps-salaries"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alitia Bainivalu believes cultural and community expectations drain politicians' pockets, in a country where an ordinary MP earns over 600 percent more than a full-time minimum wage worker.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}