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Interest as GST-days

102 daysA$26.3bn interest / A$94.2bn GST

Annual AGS interest payments as days of GST receipts.

Interest payments26.303
GST receipts94.234

$833 a second if the annual bill were smoothed. Derived, not a live tick.

Caveat

Both figures are Budget estimates for 2025–26, not year-to-date collections. This is a denominator flip on the interest bill, not a clock.

Series on this card

Interest payments

AUD billion

PeriodValueStatus
Invalid Date22.666published
Invalid Date26.303published

GST receipts

AUD billion

PeriodValueStatus
Invalid Date89.4published
Invalid Date94.234published

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