{
  "id": 1995626,
  "title": "$2 trillion of debt and climbing – Australia’s great big IOU is getting bigger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/2-trillion-of-debt-and-climbing-australias-great-big-iou-is-getting",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/2-trillion-of-debt-and-climbing-australia-s-great-big-iou-is-getting-bigger-20260819-p60pmv.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The states and territories are driving government debt to $2 trillion. One state is facing a 6000 per cent increase in its interest bill.",
  "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."
}