{
  "id": 17494033,
  "title": "Is the government really on an ‘out-of-control’ spending splurge? It’s complicated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/is-the-government-really-on-an-out-of-control-spending-splurge-its",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T23:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/01/is-the-government-really-on-an-out-of-control-spending-splurge-its-complicated"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defence, the NDIS and health responsible for much of increased government outlays and treasurer Jim Chalmers has few levers to pull Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast “Will the prime minister acknowledge reality … and admit Labor’s out-of-control spending is forcing families and small businesses to pay more for everything?” That was the opposition leader, Angus Taylor,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}