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Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

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

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Justifiable

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…

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“The Government cut funding by $1.2 billion from aged care in Scott Morrison's first budget as treasurer”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. In Mr Morrison's first year as federal treasurer — that is, 2016-17 — total Commonwealth funding for aged care (excluding the pension and other forms of income support for seniors, but …