{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T14:20:29.789761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Latest GDP figures show economy's slowdown has begun","slug":"latest-gdp-figures-show-economy-s-slowdown-has-begun","published_at":"2026-06-03T05:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/latest-gdp-figures-show-economy-s-slowdown-has-begun","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/naus_gdpexplainermbod_0306/106756070","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/l6/Z/3r.mp3","summary":"Australia's economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent in the March quarter, the same as in the previous quarter. But on a quarterly basis, the economy grew by just 0.3 per cent, which was much weaker than the 0.9 per cent recorded in the previous quarter. The rapid slowdown in the quarterly rate of growth coincided with the Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates in February and March.","meta_description":"Australia's economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent in the March quarter, the same as in the previous quarter. But on a quarterly basis, the econom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":191,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/latest-gdp-figures-show-economy-s-slowdown-has-begun/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/latest-gdp-figures-show-economy-s-slowdown-has-begun.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}