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The Australian Parliament is deadlocked on a bid by the government to increase the debt ceiling from A$300 billion to A$500 billion.
The Greens have flagged a willingness to drop the ceiling entirely, in exchange for increased transparency on how government debt is being spent.
The whole notion of a debt ceiling is a new one, introduced by Labor...
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