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  "id": 6989308,
  "title": "Labor has had 12 years to fix Victorian roads. Turning to ‘pothole populism’ now may be too late",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/labor-has-had-12-years-to-fix-victorian-roads-turning-to-pothole-6989308",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T20:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/13/labor-victorian-roads-potholes-populism-may-be-too-late"
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  "summary": "Potholed roads are ‘devastating political advertising’ for the Victorian government – but Ben Carrol’s made them the focus of his campaign Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast At a press conference to celebrate the sold-out NFL match played at Melbourne’s MCG on Friday, the Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, was heckled on one issue. “Fix the potholes,” a punter called out as…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Labor has had 12 years to fix Victorian roads. Turning to ‘pothole populism’ now may be too late",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/labor-has-had-12-years-to-fix-victorian-roads-turning-to-pothole",
        "published": "2026-09-12T20:00:44.000Z"
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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."
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