{
  "id": 15983035,
  "title": "Australia’s budget black holes deepen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/australias-budget-black-holes-deepen",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-22T01:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/australias-budget-black-holes-deepen/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two months ago, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released its 2026-27 National Fiscal Outlook, which forecast that net debt would continue to rise in the coming years: The PBO also forecast that the share of government revenue spent on interest costs would rise steadily from around 4.1% in 2024‑25 to 6.2% by 2029‑30, “reflecting the combined The post Australia’s budget black holes deepen…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}