{
  "id": 650279,
  "title": "Premier to prune taxpayer splurge on office plants after $1.6 million contract revealed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/premier-to-prune-taxpayer-splurge-on-office-plants-after-1-6-million",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:47:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/premier-to-prune-taxpayer-splurge-on-office-plants-after-1-6-million-contract-revealed-20260812-p60nor.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ben Carroll has vowed to stamp out bloated taxpayer spending on office foliage after Jess Wilson revealed the government splurged more than $1.6m on indoor plant contracts.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}