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Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 Aug 2020Australia Health

Jim Chalmers, Shadow treasurer

“Something like two-thirds of the debt in the budget was borrowed by the Government before this outbreak of COVID-19”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers is correct. When the Coalition came to power in September 2013, gross debt stood at about $280.3 billion. That level of debt was largely the consequence of borrowing undertaken by the former Labor government…

Checked by AAP FactCheck6 May 2019Australia Health

Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers

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

AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false.