{
  "id": 12262595,
  "title": "With the budget in disrepair, bloated defence spending is an indulgence we can’t afford",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/with-the-budget-in-disrepair-bloated-defence-spending-is-an",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:21:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/06/aukus-defence-spending-2025-budget-result/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Defence spending blew out by more than any other area of government spending last year. But will the government cut our most wasteful area of expenditure? Unlikely. The post With the budget in disrepair, bloated defence spending is an indulgence we can’t afford appeared first on Crikey .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}