{
  "id": 3849183,
  "title": "One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/one-nations-new-nsw-leader-mike-newman-is-an-investment-banker-who-3849183",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T23:55:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/mike-newman-one-nation-nsw-leader-election-cessnock-candidate-ntnwfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One Nation has named investment banker Mike Newman as its New South Wales leader and first lower house candidate ahead of the March 2027 state election. He will contest the Hunter seat of Cessnock.\n\nMike Newman is the son of former ABC chair Maurice Newman. According to The Guardian Australia, he said his wife is Japanese, which he uses to argue that One Nation is not racist.\n\nNewman has stated that he wants to \"get rid of wokery\".",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/one-nations-new-nsw-leader-mike-newman-is-an-investment-banker-who",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:55:22.000Z"
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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."
}