{
  "id": 16718414,
  "title": "Bad report card for government businesses being propped up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/bad-report-card-for-government-businesses-being-propped-up",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T05:41:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/auditor-general-tasmanian-government-businesses-gbe/107314290"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tasmanian taxpayer is on the hook to prop up ailing government businesses, including the Spirit of Tasmania operator, to the order of billions of dollars, the state's auditor-general says.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}