{"id":514509,"date":"2026-03-02T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514509\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:22:08","slug":"entirely-due-to-policy-decisions-economist-delivers-scathing-review-of-act-finances-the-canberra-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514509\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Entirely due to policy decisions&#039;: economist delivers scathing review of ACT finances &#8211; The Canberra Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOT0Q4WUk5Q19HYW44WXJ6NHdRYm9iTENiY2ExWGRVYzg3QVNqQXNiVFNyVTdmdXpkOW1ZaVE1MENwSUVNcjdEdHJYLVkzSjhFYUlZR3ZpMDRyRXc0bUZDcThpSXNiUUtuRV9jS2NVVk05WmRxQm9TLW5YdXNJSTRYRk1vTnB2WUgwdjRzaXFCaXdtYzJYTGIzUmlLZXNIVUdubUJpSy1ZSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Entirely due to policy decisions&#8217;: economist delivers scathing review of ACT finances<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxONFBXdFVlcDRjVnNTZHN4X2dlem8wNWdpUWQ4U2UxWnBSYy1fVmZqX3NpY3Q1SHB0TFpNVE9HSnJaOFk4Vm1YZFR0Sm8yS3ZUTUxIZm5jNlptQTYtc0VIRjdXaUsxal9YYWw5UXJxUEppOENuekQ3aVRCTDFMZWM4bG9PekJuVE1xVFZrbXlVV2RBaVV4VEY5WHdXMFpLNVRTQkFlTFJSb2oyVXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Report shows &#8216;no easy fixes&#8217; to ACT fiscal crisis, Barr says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNOG5USDdKcG5Ed01hZmowZnREQkxPaHgzRTNwTWVMU1JBY3htS2RsM3JNQlZLUmVfQWJWeDFfR1dGMG9aSHl5ZEpjOU5vTUw3b2FnQnRzUzFFZS1uQVZONU5lQ2RmWW83Z3BUTG1CN05UV2luVHkyUFkzX1l3NTlQWkUyN0M0YUFkNUM5NXdtWGFNZEJockE5UGpJb0xuMmV2WjU1Ng?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eslake&#8217;s early verdict on ACT finances gives inquiry plenty of ammunition<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Region Canberra<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQNVl3SzJTNUw0U2tER01pazB1NVFZaUx6ZElKbGg1TDViN1BlRnVZd1l1eVdpNUc5MlUybTVpT2FaelJSeHRUMTcxMWVXNXJ0ekJkTEVoV3ZJb3o3QVByWnlQTXhMUUJCZm5ZSXkxNlFlUHNCMHJYMVZNOVBiOVcxdzBET0dheURxVlFLcFJjRkc1T3Yt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ACT net debt is soaring to record levels as taxes and charges rise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Entirely due to policy decisions&#8217;: economist delivers scathing review of ACT finances&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra TimesReport shows &#8216;no easy fixes&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-514509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}