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  "id": 694191,
  "title": "Punched, strangled, spat on with blood: The reality for mental health workers who say system is more broken than ever",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/punched-strangled-spat-on-with-blood-the-reality-for-mental-health",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/punched-strangled-spat-on-with-blood-the-reality-for-mental-health-workers-who-say-system-is-more-broken-than-ever-20260728-p60jbd.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "The verdict from workers is in on Victoria’s mental health system five years after the royal commission – and it doesn’t make for happy reading.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Punched, strangled, spat on with blood: The reality for mental health workers who say system is more broken than ever",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/punched-strangled-spat-on-with-blood-the-reality-for-mental-health-694231",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:30:00.000Z"
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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."
}