“It is true that at this stage of our rollout, it is actually better than where Germany was, better than where New Zealand was, better than where South Korea and Japan was ...”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. When he made his claim during an April 6 media conference, Australia's vaccination program had been underway for 43 days. At that point, a total of 854,983 jabs had been given — equivalent to about 3.4 for every 100 people. That was slightly behind where Germany was 43 days into its vaccination program, but ahead of New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. Mr Morrison was therefore not accurate when he suggested Australia "at this stage of our rollout" was outper...
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In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 6 April 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Scott Morrison has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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.