“Nearly 1 in 4 people in poverty works full-time.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Bandt's claim is overblown. The source of his claim, the Poverty in Australia 2016 report, suggested that one in five people in poverty lived in a household where the reference person (as identified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) was working full time. In the updated 2018 report, this number had risen to one in four. However, the proportion could include children, unemployed people or those working part-time who live in a household where the 'reference person' works full time. Fac...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Adam Bandt (Greens MP) made this claim around 14 August 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 30 May 2019. Its rating was “Overblown”.
Adam Bandt has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 1 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.