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  "id": 348233,
  "title": "Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/sydney-gardener-fined-almost-200-000-for-removing-287-trees-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T05:35:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/09/trees-vandalism-lane-cove-council-sydney-gardener-fined-court-longueville-ntwnfb"
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  "summary": "Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland. Now a court has fined Yi Wang…",
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        "title": "Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/sydney-gardener-fined-almost-200-000-for-removing-287-trees-to-350256",
        "published": "2026-08-09T05:35:39.000Z"
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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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