Via the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM). These guys probably need a new PR company.

  • The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) held a tender this morning for the issue of $1,000 million of Treasury Notes maturing on 24 January 2020 and $500 million of Treasury Notes maturing on 24 April 2020.
  • Bids totalling $936 million were received for the 24 January Treasury Notes. $936 million was issued at a weighted average yield of 0.9263 per cent.
  • Treasury Notes are used as a cash management tool and the AOFM has considerable flexibility around the timing and volume of future Treasury Note issuance. This is because the AOFM maintains a precautionary liquid asset balance in excess of forecast needs at any point in time
  • .Treasury Notes are a short-term debt instrument and as such are not part of planned issuance to achieve the AOFM's annual funding task.
  • Today's result is in no way a default by the Commonwealth of Australia.

(bolding mine)
Right then .... what is it they say, never believe anything until its officially denied? (And, being serious, of course its not a default, why on earth would you add that line? Hence my advice to get a new PR company).

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Australian Office of Financial Management is a part of the Department of the Treasury. It manages the Australian Government's net debt portfolio.

And also seems unaware of how not freak out the market.