æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌv ðɪs ænd sˈɪmɪlɚɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəlz ʌv ʌnsəstˈeɪnd ɡˈʌvɚnmənt spˈɛndɪŋ tə bˈaɪ ˈɔf ɹˈʊɹɹəl ˈɪntɹɛst ɡɹˈuːps, vɪktˈoːɹiə baɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn hæd ɐmˈæst ɐ pˈʌblɪk dˈɛt ʌv ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐ mˈɪliən pˈaʊndz, ɐ hjˈuːdʒ ɐmˈaʊnt æt ðə tˈaɪm.
As a result of this and similar examples of unsustained government spending to buy off rural interest groups, Victoria by 1929 had amassed a public debt of over a million pounds, a huge amount at the time.