{
  "id": 15987212,
  "title": "Victorian Liberals slapped with legal letter from spurned candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/victorian-liberals-slapped-with-legal-letter-from-spurned-candidate-15987212",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T01:56:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-liberals-slapped-with-legal-letter-from-spurned-candidate-20261022-p617qu.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dumped parliamentary hopeful Grant Hutchinson has sent a legal letter challenging his termination as the Liberal candidate for Croydon.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Dumped Victorian Liberal candidate demands party brings him back",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/dumped-victorian-liberal-candidate-demands-party-brings-him-back",
        "published": "2026-10-22T01:18:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Victorian Liberals slapped with legal letter from spurned candidate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/victorian-liberals-slapped-with-legal-letter-from-spurned-candidate",
        "published": "2026-10-22T01:56:54.000Z"
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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."
}