{"id":"ffb4afb2-408c-456f-b865-408413eae137","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/the-most-fundamentally-decent-of-people-transparency-campaigner-and-greens-mp-tim-read-dies-aged-64-20260919-p60ysj.html","domain":"smh.com.au","outlet":{"name":"The Sydney Morning Herald","country":"AU","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64","plainHeadline":"Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64 after cancer diagnosis","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Tim Read, Victorian Greens MP for Brunswick, dies at 64 after metastatic cancer.","He announced retirement in January due to a cancer diagnosis with limited treatment options.","Read was elected in 2018, ending Labor's 100-year hold on Brunswick.","He advocated for climate, anti-incarceration reforms, bike safety, and health initiatives.","Final recommendations included integrity reforms, public diaries for ministers, and IBAC enhancements."],"topics":["Politics","Health","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T07:59:14.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-19T08:55:14.971Z","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."}