{
  "id": 17153138,
  "title": "Victoria’s “crazy” debt binge comes unstuck",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/victorias-crazy-debt-binge-comes-unstuck",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/victorias-crazy-debt-binge-comes-unstuck/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Twelve years of Labor government have completely destroyed Victoria’s finances. When the Andrews government took office in late 2014, Victoria’s net debt was only around $20 billion. Today it is more than $165 billion and is forecast to hit around $200 billion by the end of the decade. The per capita level of state debt The post Victoria’s “crazy” debt binge comes unstuck appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}