{"id":"02895c99-f404-4ece-8446-bcfd5797fe82","url":"https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-most-fundamentally-decent-of-people-transparency-campaigner-and-greens-mp-tim-read-dies-aged-64-20260919-p60ysj.html","domain":"theage.com.au","outlet":{"name":"The Age","country":"AU","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"Nine Entertainment Co."},"title":"‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64","plainHeadline":"Tim Read dies aged 64 after cancer diagnosis","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Greens MP Tim Read dies age 64 after metastatic cancer diagnosis.","Read revealed his illness in January and retired from election plans.","He served Brunswick since 2018, ending 100-year Labor hold in the seat.","His work spanned climate, justice, health reforms, and anti-corruption efforts.","Final parliament: urged integrity, health funding, bike lanes, and preventive health."],"topics":["Politics","Health","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T07:59:14.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-19T08:04:19.861Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/18373316-3dc0-4f24-9c17-4a02cbade4ab","storyId":"18373316-3dc0-4f24-9c17-4a02cbade4ab","image":"https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1971%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/6e97ce7bc26792cf25c2abc67d2bd6ba863d1464","author":"James Costa","dek":"Dr Tim Read was a campaigner on issues such as climate change, over-incarceration, deaths in custody of Indigenous Victorians and bike safety."}