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Nikki Fried, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services

“Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: DeSantis signed an online sales tax bill that requires consumers to pay the tax even if the seller doesn’t have a store in Florida. But they were supposed to already pay it, and other states passed similar bills.

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“... we know that the economic impact on the global economy means that this pandemic recession is 30 times worse than what we saw in the global financial crisis (GFC).”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Apples and oranges

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison is comparing apples and oranges. Economists contacted by Fact Check said Mr Morrison's approach of comparing the size of the GDP contraction in each of the two years was not the normal way of assessing two e…

Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, Former prime ministers

“70 per cent of Australia's trade [is] now with countries committed to net zero.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Rudd and Mr Turnbull made a fair call. At the time the article was published, 20 of Australia's 30 biggest trading partners had already committed to reaching net-zero emissions. Together, these 20 countries account f…