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  "id": 8273230,
  "title": "These laws were designed to ban thugs from Perth nightspots. Have they worked?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/these-laws-were-designed-to-ban-thugs-from-perth-nightspots-have-they",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/these-laws-were-designed-to-ban-thugs-from-perth-nightspots-have-they-worked-20260919-p60yk8.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The WA ombudsman’s first probe into Protected Entertainment Precinct laws revealed information blockages between police and the lead state agency had resulted in some serious offenders not being served their bans.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "These laws were designed to ban thugs from Perth nightspots. Have they worked?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/these-laws-were-designed-to-ban-thugs-from-perth-nightspots-have-they-8273555",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}