{
  "id": 16686323,
  "title": "Is it time for a payroll tax on bank jobs outsourced overseas?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/is-it-time-for-a-payroll-tax-on-bank-jobs-outsourced-overseas",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-27T01:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/is-it-time-for-a-payroll-tax-on-bank-jobs-outsourced-overseas/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "National Australia Bank (NAB) recently announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs by mid-2027, including 1,500 by the end of this year. However, NAB has now revealed it plans to abolish 3,200 jobs before Christmas, although it will invite some displaced staff to apply for new jobs through a process known as ‘spill-and-fill’. A senior NAB manager has likened The post Is it time for a payroll tax on bank…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}