“At the present rate, we have [a] 1.6 per cent [population] growth rate. That's the highest in the developed world.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Smith is incorrect. The "developed world" is not a settled concept, but Australia's population growth does not top any of four credible lists of developed countries. Fact Check compared Australia's population growth with 95 countries that appeared on any of these lists, and with 31 countries that appeared on all four. The four lists were also considered individually. Rankings were calculated four ways for each list of countries, using annual and five-year average growth rates and populatio...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Dick Smith (Businessman) made this claim around 9 September 2018. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 11 October 2018, 32 days later. Its rating was “Incorrect”.
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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.
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