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Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 Dec 2021AustraliaEconomy and jobs
Jim Chalmers, Shadow Treasurer

“Whenever [Treasurer Josh] Frydenberg bangs on about tax, remember that the two highest taxing governments of the last thirty years have both been Liberal-National governments, including his.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Dr Chalmers's claim is a fair call. Although there have been just two periods each of Labor and Coalition governments in the last 30 years, the Commonwealth tax take was on average higher under the Coalition during that…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check8 Dec 2021AustraliaClimate and environment
Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Australia has "reduced our emissions by more than 20 per cent. There are only four countries in the G20 that have actually done better than Australia on that front".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. Data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change shows four G20 countries in front of Australia for emissions reductions on 2005 levels (Mr Morrison's chosen startin…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check10 Nov 2021AustraliaPolitics and government
Alexander Downer, Former foreign minister

“There are 400 private jets ferrying delegations to the COP26 conference. @POTUS [US President Joe Biden] brought five. It is estimated they will emit in 24 hours as much CO2 as Scotland emits in a year!”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Nonsense

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Downer's claim is nonsense. The Scottish government's most recent estimate, from 2019, puts the country's annual emissions for that year at 47.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. It is not clear just how m…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check27 Oct 2021Australia
Gina Rinehart, Mining magnate

“Polar bear numbers have increased”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't check out

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mrs Rinehart's claim doesn't check out. Reports on populations of polar bears produced by leading experts do not provide a time series for global populations of the species. Rather, they group polar bears into 19 subpop…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check6 Oct 2021AustraliaPolitics and government
Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Businesses have that right to say who can come into their premises. That's what the law says. And that doesn't fall foul of discrimination laws.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is not the full story. Experts told Fact Check that businesses have the right to set conditions of entry to their premises, including a requirement to be vaccinated. It's also correct that an unvacci…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check23 Sep 2021AustraliaHealth
Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier

“Doherty Institute modelling predicts that even with 70 per cent of the population vaccinated, 80 people will die each day from COVID once the outbreak reaches six months after it started. That is 2,240 who will die each month.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Palaszczuk's claim is misleading. The outcome the Premier selected refers to a graph in the modelling report, which contains the results of just one of the scenarios modelled by the Doherty Institute. The graph conta…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check14 Sep 2021Australia
Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigration

“We're one of the most generous resettlement countries in the world for humanitarian places, always, every single year. We have 13,700. That's about third in the world every year, third-highest in the world.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Cherrypicking

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Hawke’s claim is cherrypicking. Australia "resettles" more refugees than most, but this only accounts for people transferred to Australia from other asylum countries, including refugees referred by the United Nations…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check7 Sep 2021AustraliaEconomy and jobs
The Labor Party

“Under Scott Morrison real wages have fallen 2.1 per cent in 12 months, the fastest drop in wages in 20 years.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Labor's claim is not the full story. Real wages — that is, wages adjusted for inflation — were 2.1 per cent lower in the June quarter of 2021 compared to the June quarter of 2020, when calculated using headline figures …

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check31 Aug 2021AustraliaHealth
Clive Palmer, United Australia Party Chair

“Clive Palmer confirmed today that the actions [of] Premier Mark McGowan to introduce an interstate vaccination passport for people travelling to WA was in breach of section 117 of the Australian constitution,".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doubtful

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Palmer's claim is doubtful. Experts told Fact Check that in order to mount a successful challenge to WA's border restrictions under section 117 of the constitution, Mr Palmer would need to demonstrate discrimination …

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check22 Jul 2021AustraliaPolitics and government
Greg Hunt, Minister for Health

“That has seen 88.7 per cent of people year-to-date receive their GP services for free. That is 6.7 per cent higher than when we came to government.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Over-egged

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Hunt's claim is over-egged. The share of patients who are bulk billed may be rising. However, Mr Hunt's numbers relate to the proportion of GP services that were bulk billed, not patients. Patient numbers would be lo…