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Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister

“All the surveys show that somewhere between 80 and 90 per cent of Indigenous Australians want [the Voice to Parliament]”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Yes, but more to it

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, Mr Albanese's reading of the polls broadly aligns with their headline results, but there's more to it. Experts spoken to by Fact Check pointed to two polls, conducted by Ipsos (in January) and YouGov (in March), wh…

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…

Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader

“[W]e had a 15 per cent reduction when we were in government. Up to … the end of last year, there had only been a 1 per cent reduction under this government since it came to office in 2013.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Close to the mark

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese's claim is close to the mark. Annual greenhouse gas emissions fell 14.4 per cent under the last Labor government. By December 2019, under the Coalition, they had fallen 1.4 per cent. The quarterly figures re…