{"id":255899,"date":"2020-03-30T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T02:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=255899"},"modified":"2020-03-30T12:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T02:34:33","slug":"getup-calls-for-hospital-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/03\/30\/getup-calls-for-hospital-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"GetUp! 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