{
  "id": 11656118,
  "title": "Path to ruin: How Victoria’s mental health watchdog was stripped of its power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/path-to-ruin-how-victorias-mental-health-watchdog-was-stripped-of-its",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-03T09:51:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/path-to-ruin-how-victoria-s-mental-health-watchdog-was-stripped-of-its-power-20261003-p60zdq.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hundreds of pages from leaked documents show how the state government gutted the mental health watchdog and withheld crucial data needed for it to perform its role as set out by a royal commission.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Path to ruin: How Victoria’s mental health watchdog was stripped of its power",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/path-to-ruin-how-victorias-mental-health-watchdog-was-stripped-of-its-11656179",
        "published": "2026-10-03T09:51:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}