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  "id": 15829883,
  "title": "Cheaper rent, brightest minds: Why Melbourne is about to become Australia’s boom city",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/cheaper-rent-brightest-minds-why-melbourne-is-about-to-become",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:44:51.000Z",
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    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It’s easy to be caught up in pessimism about Melbourne. But opportunities are opening up for workers and employers and an opportunity for “agglomeration”, where networks form and exciting things happen.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Cheaper rent, brightest minds: Why Melbourne is about to become Australia’s boom city",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/cheaper-rent-brightest-minds-why-melbourne-is-about-to-become-15830206",
        "published": "2026-10-21T00:44:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "City of Melbourne planting 3000 trees a year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/city-of-melbourne-planting-3000-trees-a-year",
        "published": "2026-10-21T02:26:40.000Z"
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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."
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