{
  "id": 10859296,
  "title": "WA pollution reports assigned to employees no longer working for watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/wa-pollution-reports-assigned-to-employees-no-longer-working-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T04:36:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-pollution-reports-assigned-to-employees-no-longer-working-for-watchdog-20260930-p611rl.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The WA Auditor General has released a scathing report into the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s assessment of contaminated sites, finding some high-priority cases were assigned to staff members no longer employed.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "WA pollution reports assigned to employees no longer working for watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/wa-pollution-reports-assigned-to-employees-no-longer-working-for-10859316",
        "published": "2026-09-30T04:36:24.000Z"
      }
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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."
}