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US debt hits $40 trillion as Australia’s debt reaches record high

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As the US ticks over its $40 trillion debt milestone, Australia's government is under pressure with its own. $1 trillion of federal debt has officially been banked for the first time in Australia’s history, marking the end of a busy parliamentary sitting fortnight.
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