“Fact: Liberal Prime Minister Harold Holt abolished the White Australia Policy over 50 years ago.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Wilson's claim is simplistic. The White Australia policy was dismantled, piece by piece, over decades spanning governments both Liberal and Labor. Experts told Fact Check the 1966-67 Holt government's reforms were critical steps in the process, constituting a significant break from past practice. Mr Holt's changes levelled the playing field between Europeans and non-Europeans applying for citizenship, setting a 5-year wait time for both groups, and eased the criteria for non-European migra...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Wilson (Liberal MP) made this claim around 15 August 2018. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 6 September 2018, 22 days later. Its rating was “Simplistic”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.