Australian COVID-19 Debt Will Take Two Generations to Pay Off: Treasurer

Australian COVID-19 Debt Will Take Two Generations to Pay Off: Treasurer
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said Australia needs to prepare for an “eye-watering” amount of debt in the national budget update on Thursday, July 24.

Australians will see levels of national debt that they had never seen before, Frydenberg warned on Nine’s Today show on July 22, explaining that this was the harsh reality of the pandemic.
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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