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  "id": 10157111,
  "title": "How a 20-year partnership that built Melbourne’s suburbs ended in scorched earth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/how-a-20-year-partnership-that-built-melbournes-suburbs-ended-in-10157111",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-27T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/how-a-20-year-partnership-that-built-melbourne-s-suburbs-ended-in-scorched-earth-20260927-p6108j.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Villawood Properties executives Rory Costelloe and Tony Johnson were once close business partners. Now Costelloe’s group alleges Johnson ripped the business off and lied to the court.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "How a 20-year partnership that built Melbourne’s suburbs ended in scorched earth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/how-a-20-year-partnership-that-built-melbournes-suburbs-ended-in",
        "published": "2026-09-27T06:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}