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  "id": 15711430,
  "title": "Attack on Australian politician follows years of threats to public figures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/attack-on-australian-politician-follows-years-of-threats-to-public-15711430",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:07:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/10/1559669/attack-australian-politician-follows-years-threats-public"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "AUSTRALIAN lawmakers and enforcers have to sought to lower the temperature of political debate and warned about growing threats to public figures since 2021, when anti-lockdown protesters put an effigy of a state leader on a makeshift gallows in Melbourne.",
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        "published": "2026-10-20T03:19:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/australian-pm-confirms-vehicle-attack-on-independent-lawmaker",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:15:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Japan Today",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/australian-lawmaker-injured-in-car-attack-loses-leg-media",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:27:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "How the attack on an Australian MP unfolded",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/how-the-attack-on-an-australian-mp-unfolded",
        "published": "2026-10-20T06:02:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Attack on Australian politician follows years of threats to public figures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/attack-on-australian-politician-follows-years-of-threats-to-public-15718952",
        "published": "2026-10-20T08:26:32.000Z"
      }
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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."
}