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  "id": 573981,
  "title": "Malcolm in the middle: what can Labor learn from Turnbull’s doomed attempt to govern from the centre? | Peter Lewis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/malcolm-in-the-middle-what-can-labor-learn-from-turnbulls-doomed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T15:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/12/malcolm-in-the-middle-what-can-labor-learn-from-turnbulls-doomed-attempt-to-govern-from-the-centre"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ten years after my first Essential column for the Guardian, another centrist government is confronting a global bin fire in the face of a resurgence of populism Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast I wrote my first column for Guardian Australia in August 2016, when the winds of chaos were sweeping the globe, the forces of division were finding their voice and a centrist…",
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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."
}