{
  "id": 6688109,
  "title": "Proof Australians are drowning in taxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/proof-australians-are-drowning-in-taxes",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-11T02:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/proof-australians-are-drowning-in-taxes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "If you want proof that Australia has become a taxing and spending economy, look no further than the latest taxation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), compiled by The Australian Newspaper. The combined tax revenue of the nation’s federal, state and local governments has risen to $893 billion a year, up 61% since The post Proof Australians are drowning in taxes appeared first on…",
  "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."
}