{
  "id": 926451,
  "title": "Labor’s 5% deposit scheme ignored regulatory warnings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/labors-5-deposit-scheme-ignored-regulatory-warnings",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/labors-5-deposit-scheme-ignored-regulatory-warnings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has defended the federal government’s 5% home deposit scheme amid renewed criticism from Coalition counterpart Andrew Bragg. A spokesman for O’Neil says the scheme has a default rate of less than 0.01%, while it has helped more than 260,000 Australians to buy their own home. Meanwhile, Treasury documents that Bragg has The post Labor’s 5% deposit scheme ignored…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}