DoesItStand.
GL Global edition

Checked elsewhere

Checks published by other fact-checking organisations. We did not do these checks. Each one names who did, shows their rating in their own words, and links to their full article.

Their rating

3 checks for “Josh Frydenberg”

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 Dec 2021AustraliaEconomy and jobs
Jim Chalmers, Shadow Treasurer

“Whenever [Treasurer Josh] Frydenberg bangs on about tax, remember that the two highest taxing governments of the last thirty years have both been Liberal-National governments, including his.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Dr Chalmers's claim is a fair call. Although there have been just two periods each of Labor and Coalition governments in the last 30 years, the Commonwealth tax take was on average higher under the Coalition during that…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check23 Feb 2021AustraliaEconomy and jobs
Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer

“And let's not forget that going into this crisis, we saw welfare dependency at a 30-year low because we'd got that unemployment rate down.”

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

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, the data shows welfare dependency is at a low, but there is more to the story than Mr Frydenberg's claim suggests. Fact Check relied on two measures of "welfare dependency" when assessing Mr Frydenberg's claim: the…