{
  "id": 7809774,
  "title": "In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/in-such-a-rich-country-it-is-shameful-how-many-australians-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/sep/17/australians-jobseeker-dying-in-poverty"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Stunning new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows the abysmally low rate of jobseeker means at least 3,000 more unemployed Australians die each year than would be the case were they not purposefully kept in…",
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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."
}