“In NSW homelessness has jumped by more than 30 per cent in five years.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Shoebridge's claim is close to the mark. According to the most recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the number of homeless people in New South Wales increased by 37 per cent between 2011 and 2016. However, looking at the raw number of homeless people fails to account for population change over time. Fact Check considers the rate of homelessness as a proportion of the state's population to be a more appropriate measure. On this basis, homelessness in New South Wales increas...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
David Shoebridge (NSW Greens MP) made this claim around 18 February 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2019, 17 days later. Its rating was “Close to the mark”.
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