{
  "id": 1592637,
  "title": "Martin Parkinson runs ageing population scare campaign",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/martin-parkinson-runs-ageing-population-scare-campaign",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/martin-parkinson-runs-ageing-population-scare-campaign/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson has lambasted the aggressive reduction in the migrant intake advocated by the Coalition and One Nation. He claims that deep migration cuts would leave fewer working-age people in Australia to bear the income tax burden of paying off the government’s debt while putting further pressure on inflation. “The government is The post Martin Parkinson runs ageing…",
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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."
}