Squiz Shortcuts: Why is Australia $1 trillion in debt?

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Sep 1, 202614:59News & Politics

A few weeks ago Australia’s national debt reached $1 trillion for the first time - which sounds like a lot - but it happened at about the same time the US notched up US$40 trillion. So in this Squiz Shortcut - we’ll have...

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