“Aged care is a federal responsibility”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Shorten's claim is a fair call. Individual aged care facilities are legally responsible for the safety of their residents, but the Federal Government is responsible for the aged care system as a whole. The Government's primary role is to fund and regulate facilities to ensure they adhere to agreed safety standards. These standards include preventing infectious disease outbreaks. Mr Shorten spoke of the preparedness of the system for COVID-19. Aged care facilities are also subject to the pu...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bill Shorten (Former opposition leader) made this claim around 29 July 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 15 August 2020, 17 days later. Its rating was “Fair call”.
Bill Shorten has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- heraldsun.com.auhttps://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3…
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.