“[H]ere in Melbourne, very sadly, we've endured the longest lockdown in the world.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Frydenberg's claim is not clear cut. There is no doubt that Melbourne ranks among the cities to have faced the longest and most arduous series of lockdowns. But whether it ranks as number one is questionable. Several media articles have identified Melbourne as the city which has endured the longest lockdown, although they appear to have only considered a handful of cities in their calculations. Fact Check's research found Melbourne had been under so-called "stay-at-home" orders for a cumul...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Josh Frydenberg (Treasurer) made this claim around 29 September 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 25 October 2021, 26 days later. Its rating was “Not clear cut”.
Josh Frydenberg has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- ministers.treasury.gov.auhttps://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh-frydenberg-2018/transcripts/joint-doorst…
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Related checks
- RMIT ABC Fact Check: Not clear cut“Melbourne suffered the world's longest lockdown”