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“More than 90 per cent of Newstart recipients are receiving other benefits, including the Parenting Payment and Rent Assistance”
Josh Frydenberg Treasurer. Radio FIVEaa. Claim dated 18 Jul 2019.
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated thisNot the full story

In short

Josh Frydenberg (Treasurer) made this claim around 18 July 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 14 August 2019, 27 days later. Its rating was “Not the full story”.

Josh Frydenberg has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 2 true.

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