{"id":555,"date":"2023-08-04T00:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciservices.org.au\/?page_id=555"},"modified":"2023-10-09T23:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:44:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cciservices.org.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"555\" class=\"elementor elementor-555\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61cb68c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61cb68c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de56102 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6de56102\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40445863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40445863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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