{
  "id": 7203268,
  "title": "Australia’s democracy is under attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/australias-democracy-is-under-attack",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-14T00:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/australias-democracy-is-under-attack/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last week, we witnessed an all-out attack on democracy from the federal government and the bureaucracy. We learned that the secretaries’ board, which comprises all federal department heads, is pushing for new rules to stop the sharing of public testimony on social media because it could expose officials to ridicule, hostility, or abuse. The board’s The post Australia’s democracy is under attack…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}