“Australia has slipped to 59th in the world average broadband speed rankings”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Albanese's claim checks out. According to Ookla's Speedtest Global Index — a source that experts quoted as the industry standard — Australia ranked 59th out of 180 nations in average broadband download speeds. Ookla has also recently published a measure of "median" download speeds which the organisation notes better represents a user's likely experience. On this basis, Australia ranked slightly higher at 54. Experts told Fact Check that Australia's ranking had slipped over the Coalition's ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Anthony Albanese (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 17 November 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2021, 15 days later. Its rating was “Checks out”.
Anthony Albanese has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
Where the claim appeared
- anthonyalbanese.com.auhttps://anthonyalbanese.com.au/media-centre/1-5-million-homes-and-businesses-to-gain-acce…
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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.