“[Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris] Bowen has changed the laws on vehicle standards ...”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Joyce has jumped the gun. The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts told Fact Check "there have been no changes to vehicle standards since the commencement of the new government". Nor is there any evidence of related legislation having been passed in the parliament. Experts said Mr Bowen had called for a discussion paper to consider options for introducing a fuel efficiency standard. However, a policy had yet to be formally adopted by La...
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In short
Barnaby Joyce (Nationals MP) made this claim around 21 August 2022. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2022, 17 days later. Its rating was “Jumped the gun”.
Barnaby Joyce has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH8pF-TND6k
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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.