{
  "id": 7916292,
  "title": "Australian states face soaring interest costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/australian-states-face-soaring-interest-costs",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T01:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/australian-states-face-soaring-interest-costs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australians face soaring interest repayments on government debt due to a combination of growing debt loads and rising interest rates. As a result, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) forecasts that interest costs will rise from 4.1% of government revenue in 2024-25 to 6.2% in 2029-30: The PBO has forecast that the combined debt of the The post Australian states face soaring interest costs…",
  "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."
}