{
  "id": 12793360,
  "title": "Lanyon moved to block public watchdog hearings into police violence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/lanyon-moved-to-block-public-watchdog-hearings-into-police-violence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T05:01:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/police-commissioner-moved-to-block-public-watchdog-hearings-into-police-violence-20261008-p613wm.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon made a last-minute intervention to prevent the police watchdog from publicly examining senior officers over their handling of anti-Herzog protests.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Lanyon moved to block public watchdog hearings into police violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/lanyon-moved-to-block-public-watchdog-hearings-into-police-violence-12793399",
        "published": "2026-10-08T05:01:36.000Z"
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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."
}