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  "id": 9039945,
  "title": "Australia’s economic challenges are mounting as deaths start to outnumber births. But ‘baby bonus’ policies would be pointless | Nicki Hutley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/australias-economic-challenges-are-mounting-as-deaths-start-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T00:05:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/22/australia-intergenerational-report-2026-economy-birth-rate-baby-bonus"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Slower overall economic growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It is the quality of that growth that matters Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Politicians are frequently accused of short-termism, so Australia’s intergenerational report (IGR) is unusual in projecting the big trends affecting the economy, and in…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Australia predicts deaths to exceed births in 2060s",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/australia-predicts-deaths-to-exceed-births-in-2060s",
        "published": "2026-09-21T22:00:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}