Pop. That is the sound of the pin of reality piercing the inflated balloon of Australian economic wishful thinking.
Victoria and NSW have lost their prized AAA credit ratings, with ratings agency S&P Global downgrading both states on Monday in moves that put a cloud over the federal government’s own AAA rating.
So much for all the spin that Australia’s government debt is less than that of other nations.
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