{
  "id": 4484553,
  "title": "Councils threaten to block state plan to pack a million new residents into inner-city",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/councils-threaten-to-block-state-plan-to-pack-a-million-new-residents-4484553",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
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    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/councils-threaten-to-block-state-plan-to-pack-a-million-new-residents-into-inner-city-20260827-p60s91.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Mayors representing Melbourne’s nine inner-city councils say they will need billions in extra infrastructure funding to support the state government’s ambitious housing targets.",
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        "title": "Councils threaten to block state plan to pack a million new residents into inner-city",
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        "published": "2026-08-30T19:00:00.000Z"
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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."
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