{
  "id": 11981303,
  "title": "NSW Labor should not be standing in the way of extra powers for police watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/nsw-labor-should-not-be-standing-in-the-way-of-extra-powers-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-labor-should-not-be-standing-in-the-way-of-extra-powers-for-police-watchdog-20261005-p612aw.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is a necessary overseer to provide confidence but the NSW Police Force is not beyond scrutiny",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "The state’s police watchdog wants extra powers. The NSW government has other ideas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/the-states-police-watchdog-wants-extra-powers-the-nsw-government-has",
        "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "The state’s police watchdog wants extra powers. The NSW government has other ideas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/the-states-police-watchdog-wants-extra-powers-the-nsw-government-has-11981318",
        "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}