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“The number of apprenticeships has slumped since the Coalition took office”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Apprenticeships have long been associated with traditional trades, such as plumbing. But traineeships are a newer type of training program and are typically associated with the services…

“Senator Cory Bernardi accuses Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews of spending more than Clive Palmer on federal election advertising.”

“Industry Super Australia chairman Greg Combet claims Australia’s superannuation pool is growing faster than GDP and the ASX.”

“Immigration Minister David Coleman claims there will be no limit to the number of people entering Australia for up to 10 years under Labor’s long-stay parent visa policy.”

“Former Greens leader Bob Brown claims the greenhouse gases from his Hobart- Queensland Adani protest convoy will amount to less than 30 seconds of emissions from the future mine.”

“Social media companies have the capability to write algorithms that can remove hate content within seconds”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is wishful thinking. YouTube and Facebook already use algorithms to detect hate content which is then reviewed by people. But ensuring such material is removed "at a moment's notice" requires a fully…

“Australia has the "highest rate of temporary work in the OECD and the third-highest rate of insecure work".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms McManus's claim is not clear cut. The most recent data compiled by the OECD puts the rate of temporary employment in Australia at 5.2 per cent of "dependent employment" (wage and salary workers). This would place Aus…

“Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claims Australia’s economy is growing faster than any country in the G7, bar the US.”

“One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says twenty-five per cent of land in Tasmania is foreign owned and 30 per cent in the Northern Territory.”

“The Coalition, through its "hard work", turned around an emissions deficit inherited from Labor.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Taylor's claim is misleading. When the Coalition came to power in September 2013, the most up-to-date projections available were from a Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency report almost a year earlier.…

“GP bulk-billing is up nearly 4 per cent from 82.2 per cent under Labor to a record 86.1 per cent under the Coalition Government — meaning that more patients are seeing their local GP without having to pay out-of-pocket costs.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Hunt's claim is half-baked. He has the numbers right, but it does not necessarily follow that an increase in bulk-billing means fewer patients face out-of-pocket costs when seeing their GP. Department of Health stati…

“Under [Scott Morrison] and the Liberals, out-of-pocket costs to visit a GP are up 25 per cent and out-of-pocket costs to visit a specialist are up 40 per cent — because of the Liberals' & Nationals' Medicare freeze.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Keneally's figures broadly check out, but there's more to the story when it comes to increased out-of-pocket costs. For a start, the initial 10 months of the rebate freeze was imposed on Labor's watch. At any ra…

“The Government cut nearly $2 billion from aged care services”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Last year, Fact Check examined a similar claim by Mr Shorten, in which he accused the Government of cutting $1.2 billion from aged care. Our analysis and conclusions have not changed. I…

“the largest … use of solar energy is actually NSW".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Berejiklian's claim doesn't check out. Fact Check compared NSW with other states in three ways: Of the resulting 11 measures presented in this fact check, New South Wales held the top ranking in only one. Queensland …

“NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian claims NSW residents have the cheapest power bills in the country.”

“The NSW Coalition cut $20 million from specialist domestic violence shelters in 2014”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Daley's claim is oversimplified. The department that oversees payments to the sector does not classify funding in terms of "specialist domestic violence shelters". Moreover, the Coalition Government overhauled its ad…

“A state Labor election advertisement claims NSW households pay the most expensive power costs in the developed world.”

“NSW health spokesman Walt Secord claims nurse-led medical centres are a proven cure for overcrowded emergency departments.”

“Public school enrolments have surged but the Liberals have closed 15 more schools than they've opened since 2011.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: The NSW Government has indeed closed 15 more schools than it has opened over the past eight years — but Mr Daley's claim is spin. Mr Daley, in fact, understates the number of schools closed compared to the number of new…

“Independent Tamworth candidate and councillor Mark Rodda accuses NSW ministers of gifting funds to government-held seats for “unworthy” arts projects.”