“New Zealand decided to go a lot further [on COVID-19 restrictions], but I'd note that the outcomes we are getting are actually on a per capita basis actually better than what is happening in New Zealand.”
Scott Morrison
Prime Minister. Press conference. Claim dated 16 Apr 2020.
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated thisFair call
In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 16 April 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 6 May 2020, 20 days later. Its rating was “Fair call”.
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.
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