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“If you're in a public hospital at the moment, all of your cancer treatment is free.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: There is more to the story. Public hospitals provide free treatment to cancer patients who are formally admitted as public inpatients. However, public patients may need to pay for other cancer services. In some states a…

“Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen claims a report from property investment analysts SQM research shows rents will rise under a coalition government as well.”

“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claims Paul Keating mismanaged the Australian economy around 1988 when he joined the Liberal Party.”

“NSW Liberal candidate for Gilmore Warren Mundine claims a Labor government will force home owners and renovators to outlay thousands of dollars installing electric vehicle charging stations, whether or not the owner has an electric car.”

“Independent NSW MP for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps claims that around nine million tonnes of plastic rubbish ends up in the ocean every year.”

“While the Liberals have been in government, there's been a 28 per cent increase in the cost of childcare fees.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Rishworth's claim is in the ballpark. The increase in childcare costs can be measured by comparing average hourly childcare fees or by examining childcare costs as part of the Consumer Price Index. Using either of th…

“Labor agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon claims agricultural productivity has remained flat for almost a decade.”

“Prime Minister Scott Morrison claims 95 per cent of jobs created in the past year have been full-time positions.”

“There's a million Australians doing two jobs and there's a million Australians who are underemployed.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten is correct. Both claims — that a million Australians are underemployed and a million Australians are working two jobs — check out according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures. However, as one expert t…

“[An electric vehicle] won't tow your trailer. It's not going to tow your boat. It's not going to get you out to your favourite camping spot with your family.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is in need of a tune up. Right now, there are a handful of electric vehicles available on the Australian market and only around half specify towing capacity. However, those powerful enough to tow a b…

“$77 billion of the Government's tax package would go to people earning more than $180,000 a year.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is justifiable. The $77 billion figure he cites is an underestimate according to two leading tax and economic modellers consulted by Fact Check. Their analyses, using tax and welfare models similar to…

“I mean, 189 million bucks over the next four years. They are spending almost as much to keep Christmas Island open in the previous four weeks as they will spend in new money over the next four years on climate change.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Di Natale's claim is overblown. The Greens leader has compared several months of detention costs with only part of the Coalition's new spending on climate change, allocated in the 2019 budget. And by focussing o…

“National Party deputy leader Senator Bridget McKenzie claims Australians had taken to renewables “with open arms” and her government should be congratulated for its costed climate change policy.”

“Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers claims Labor’s $500 million pledge to upgrade hospital emergency departments is desperately needed to improve wait times.”

“Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia needs more new young farmers to support men on the land whose average age is over 60”

“We have lower electric vehicles sales than any other country in the OECD.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Butler's claim is close to the mark. As a proportion of total new car sales, thirty-two OECD member countries have higher sales rates for electric vehicles than Australia does. Australia is ahead of just Mexico, Chil…

“Labor MP for Lyons Brian Mitchell claims the government's record on road infrastructure in Tasmania amounts to nought”

“One Nation senator Peter Georgiou claims Western Australia has the nation's highest unemployment rate and is not receiving its fair share of a government program to subsidise apprenticeships.”

“[The] real minimum wage has gone up under us every year. Under the Labor Party, it actually went backwards.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Frydenberg's claim is a fair call. The minimum wage, as set by the Fair Work Commission, has increased at a faster rate than both inflation and the average wage on an annual basis since 2014-15, the first full financ…

“Labor health spokesperson Catherine King claims one in five senior Australians have none of their own teeth and one in two suffers from moderate to severe gum disease.”