{
  "id": 4743992,
  "title": "Bureaucrat bloat is crushing Australia’s productivity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/bureaucrat-bloat-is-crushing-australias-productivity",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T00:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/bureaucrat-bloat-is-crushing-australias-productivity/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Luke Kinsella at The AFR has written a fantastic report on the rising number of federal public servants under the Albanese government. Australia’s federal public service has grown dramatically under the Albanese government—up 23% or around 36,700 staff since 2022. The APS is expanding by 28 new staff per day, reaching 195,847 employees by December The post Bureaucrat bloat is crushing Australia’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}