{
  "id": 15788949,
  "title": "Loan of $20m to troubled smelter deemed high risk, govt went ahead anyway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/loan-of-20m-to-troubled-smelter-deemed-high-risk-govt-went-ahead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T18:34:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/tasmania-government-advised-risk-loan-liberty-bell-bay/107286698"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tasmanian government was advised to approve a $20 million loan to the country's only manganese smelter last year despite knowing the risk of not getting all the money back was high, as inaction was deemed too risky.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}