{
  "id": 2029186,
  "title": "Bloated councils leave Victorians in rubbish dump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/bloated-councils-leave-victorians-in-rubbish-dump",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T22:25:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/bloated-councils-leave-victorians-in-rubbish-dump/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Recently Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson pledged that a Coalition state government would restore weekly rubbish collections if they win November’s state election. Overall, 33 Victorian councils have shifted general rubbish collections from weekly to fortnightly, with some councils in other states pursuing a similar course. Despite the fact one can’t imagine fortnightly rubbish collection…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}