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Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check7 Sep 2021Australia Economy and jobs

The Labor Party

“Under Scott Morrison real wages have fallen 2.1 per cent in 12 months, the fastest drop in wages in 20 years.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Labor's claim is not the full story. Real wages — that is, wages adjusted for inflation — were 2.1 per cent lower in the June quarter of 2021 compared to the June quarter of 2020, when calculated using headline figures …

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check2 Jun 2021Australia Economy and jobs

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“... we know that the economic impact on the global economy means that this pandemic recession is 30 times worse than what we saw in the global financial crisis (GFC).”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Apples and oranges

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison is comparing apples and oranges. Economists contacted by Fact Check said Mr Morrison's approach of comparing the size of the GDP contraction in each of the two years was not the normal way of assessing two e…