{
  "id": 17005629,
  "title": "NDIA managers on leave after COVID cover-up findings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ndia-managers-on-leave-after-covid-cover-up-findings",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:10:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/ndia-managers-on-leave-after-covid-cover-up-findings-20261029-p619qw.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two senior managers overseeing the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are on leave while the agency reviews damning findings made against them in a Victorian integrity investigation into COVID-19 business grant rorts.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Senior bureaucrats accused of $260m COVID cover-up now in top NDIS jobs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/senior-bureaucrats-accused-of-260m-covid-cover-up-now-in-top-ndis-jobs-16781608",
        "published": "2026-10-27T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}