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  "id": 7809768,
  "title": "Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/health-officials-in-turmoil-over-11th-hour-backflip-on-aged-care-7809768",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:00:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/17/australian-home-support-assessment-algorithm-aged-care"
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  "summary": "Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Senior department of health officials were in turmoil before the rollout of an algorithm to determine funding packages for older Australians, after discovering legislation had been drafted so rigidly that the tool could not…",
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        "title": "Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/health-officials-in-turmoil-over-11th-hour-backflip-on-aged-care",
        "published": "2026-09-16T15:00:24.000Z"
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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."
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