{
  "id": 19579752,
  "title": "Ludicrous ‘festival of AUKUS’ in the west stands in dire contrast to the fiscal crisis back east",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/ludicrous-festival-of-aukus-in-the-west-stands-in-dire-contrast-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T00:43:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/11/12/festival-of-aukus-perth-richard-marles-pat-conroy-waste/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While Richard Marles and Pat Conroy are celebrating wasting billions of dollars in Perth, Jim Chalmers is being hammered for the government's lack of fiscal discipline back east. No wonder the treasurer is ticked off. The post Ludicrous ‘festival of AUKUS’ in the west stands in dire contrast to the fiscal crisis back east appeared first on Crikey .",
  "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."
}