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Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister

“This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian cabinet, with 10 women in the cabinet.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese's claim is correct. The previous record was 8 women in cabinet, or 34.8 per cent of cabinet positions, achieved during the final term of Scott Morrison's Coalition government. The first ministry of the Alban…

Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator, R-Texas

“In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Democrats did set a supermajority threshold, but only after Republicans pledged to filibuster the underlying bill, and Republicans unanimously agreed to the voting plan.