“In just seven years, the Liberals have gutted the Audit Office by 20%.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Albanese's claim is overstated. Government resourcing of the ANAO, when adjusted for inflation, was 14.34 per cent lower in 2019-20 than in Labor's final budget. If the funding set out in the recent 2020-21 budget eventuates, the decline will be 15.85 per cent. This decrease in funding is consistent with a broader downward trend over the past decade extending beyond the Coalition's time in office. Experts told Fact Check that ANAO resourcing could also be assessed as a share of overall gov...
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In short
Anthony Albanese (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 28 October 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2020, 43 days later. Its rating was “Overstated”.
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.
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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.