“In the latest budget the government cut $1.5 billion from defence.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Dutton's claim is misleading. Defence budget statements show that Labor plans to spend $1,463.7 million less on the Department of Defence than what the former Coalition government planned to spend over the same three-year period, excluding automatic funding top-ups to maintain defence's buying power when the Australian dollar falls. But Labor's defence budget cannot be said to contain a "cut" because funding would still rise year on year in both nominal and real terms over the forward esti...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Peter Dutton (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 27 July 2023. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 6 September 2023, 41 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Peter Dutton has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- peterdutton.com.auhttps://www.peterdutton.com.au/leader-of-the-opposition-transcript-interview-with-natalie…
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