{
  "id": 1861371,
  "title": "Former treasurer says WA’s GST deal is ‘the greatest public policy decision this century’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/former-treasurer-says-was-gst-deal-is-the-greatest-public-policy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:18:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/former-treasurer-says-wa-s-gst-deal-is-the-greatest-public-policy-decision-this-century-20260819-p60prd.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The comments come after the Productivity Commission labelled the 2018 deal a “mistake” that could end up costing Australian taxpayers up to $12b a year.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Former treasurer says WA’s GST deal is ‘the greatest public policy decision this century’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/former-treasurer-says-was-gst-deal-is-the-greatest-public-policy-1861571",
        "published": "2026-08-19T04:18:10.000Z"
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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."
}