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Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check6 Apr 2022Australia Climate and environment

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Australia is reducing its emissions by around 20 per cent ... Australia has reduced its emissions by more than New Zealand, by more than Canada, by more than the United States, by more than Japan, by more than many countries in Europe.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. Most problematic with Mr Morrison's claim is the use of a 2020 figure for Australia ("around 20 per cent"). Mr Morrison's figure accords with data found in Australia's National Greenho…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check8 Dec 2021Australia Climate and environment

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Australia has "reduced our emissions by more than 20 per cent. There are only four countries in the G20 that have actually done better than Australia on that front".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. Data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change shows four G20 countries in front of Australia for emissions reductions on 2005 levels (Mr Morrison's chosen startin…