{
  "id": 14556986,
  "title": "The cracks in Australia’s defence policy: For us, deterrence isn’t about waving a big stick",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/the-cracks-in-australias-defence-policy-for-us-deterrence-isnt-about",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T22:57:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/15/australia-defence-policy-deterrence-us-china/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In ensuring its security, Australia places priority on \"deterring\" potentially hostile nations, like China. But it is purely about our subservience to the US — without our political leaders having to admit to it. The post The cracks in Australia’s defence policy: For us, deterrence isn’t about waving a big stick appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}