{"id":868593,"date":"2026-08-26T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868593\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:38:10","slug":"merrett-wants-private-conversation-with-mcveigh-sen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/868593\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrett wants private conversation with McVeigh &#8211; SEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPVHVZTFlzbDhaR1RKbWhOaW0xaUNTY2VZbF9LZXhRUkxTVXhyX2NYemM3cV9FcFB3bWFGUVhNZ0Z3aDNXSmZLRXdkdk5mbDVMZWZJNjZfbm14RDFrdnUxT3JVdGZKdC1ZS1BYbmlfSGNwbU9zTnhqUWNmWUNUaXludFVxWWZtRWV3cVdWRTZIdlNQTi1yRU9RMy1WbFhmYnRqV1NV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Merrett wants private conversation with McVeigh<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SEN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQYi1DS1RDcGlPUmxnOUVjbW9mWVFGbUVXNzBZSkVSRkwxbmgxWFdVWmRBcFBnT2tWdUZYenJCNnoteXZVTGh1bzl6VWJuRXRTcG9tMmhLZENiMmNLVnQxYi0zbmVIeDNwak5HRmJoeVVEOXZtYTdpU2llckFiMVJ6ZUtNSUtybVR2bDdOQnJ6Z1hYWTA1WFotbHVRdnY3QUdBTVY5azhsUzJjd1NBazEwQ1huY0lNelB5RVJXSGtJZmRjRGJHRnRZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The tough questions Hird fielded during his Essendon coaching interview<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gJBVV95cUxOSm9xaUsxOXozMFZlU2p3RjZESkVhVl9idjhLdFViSmZIMW5LSXg1T2NTZ1V2THFQX0phTEFnTXJBT2xwX2FqOC1qeTgwQWw2OThIM1lhVWxjcUlwdWJwT3ZZcWd6NkdVcFN4cUFoYzIwRXd0ZVN5Tk00dEkzQXVUWHpILUNNbURtVDhnbWtURy1HaDhoX2RxbFdIUGNTaWRVbjdnU3hGQmEycnRIMVJWcUl4WjV5SWpzVk9xc2RXVmhRYU9NaWVoVjBUZXE3a0lsRmdSaVBDX3JTSGVpNnBEMjRwZ3ZrdFhNaXJ5QVVrMV81Qm9fOTNhY2llbnBFQ3BKMVRLQkVzcjZyMF9hRVlmZWN3NGpSYzFGWkVPQUV5bHp1T2ZIQ2pObWM2ZWZEczBnYUc0NUxEc21ienpRZnp2WWttcnN0MVZ3aG5EM2k1a0cxMmNPX2Q4eTRXNEN2cTRHTVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inevitable Merrett truth&#8230; and stars looking over shoulder as Bombers clean-out looms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNS3E1SmRxbUxFNlFZa1lVM2htOU80NjlDS2xyUW1sampEUWtvZU0yeDBmTTVFVGdFbl9qWXhja3g4alRYVVMwVXdCSzdtTzJoOFUwZFhVMXFKNDJIckd6SFl5cTF5MVYyaUlJMl9VTFVWdmhjbFZIWlpSdFA1cDFMTTZlQm9BQUYtMzhfNl96RlZkQzBrckU3bDJhMXNOU29kekk4VHdFOVZZZmU0V2NiREwtWHowd1Y3VjA4RA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How the Bombers snuck McVeigh into Melbourne, and how it was almost ruined<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;afl.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQdTFYanNJSXVJTEhZZU4zakc3SElrMGJyNVlIWnJCODhmYnVQdnhmaFVVdGVsSWthYTBKckZ0Z2hudm5ZNnNsc0JKbFlQc09CcVdERHlkUlY0b09JNkd3aE1aaDFrSXo1RW94UE9DVTBXSWczVC1KaTNvcVZDT1pZb1o3Yk55ajY2SURaSGswajRNcUdWa1VvSU5GaWN0ajdMM3pn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why &#8216;Spike&#8217; is well-armed for unique Essendon challenge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Merrett wants private conversation with McVeigh&nbsp;&nbsp;SENThe tough questions Hird fielded during his Essendon coaching interview&nbsp;&nbsp;The AgeInevitable Merrett truth&#8230;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-868593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}