{
  "id": 1617727,
  "title": "Taxpayers are forking out $2.5b for Rio Tinto’s electricity bill. Should they?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/taxpayers-are-forking-out-2-5b-for-rio-tintos-electricity-bill-should",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:04:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/18/rio-tinto-electricity-aluminium-tomago-smelter-2-5b-taxpayer-funds-albanese/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The deal to save the Tomago smelter raises important questions about Australian industry policy. The post Taxpayers are forking out $2.5b for Rio Tinto’s electricity bill. Should they? appeared first on Crikey .",
  "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."
}