“... real wages [are] declining over the next four years after flatlining over the last eight years.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Albanese is close to the mark. Over the eight years to December 2020 real wages -- that is, wages adjusted for the impact of inflation — grew by 3.1 per cent. That represents an annual average growth rate of about 0.4 per cent. Whether this can be characterised as "flatlining" is somewhat subjective. Over the eight-year period, wages growth has not been constant, with relatively solid growth in some years and weak or negative growth in others. However, by recent historical standards, avera...
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In short
Anthony Albanese (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 13 May 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 29 June 2021, 47 days later. Its rating was “Close to the mark”.
Anthony Albanese has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
Where the claim appeared
- anthonyalbanese.com.auhttps://anthonyalbanese.com.au/media-centre/budget-reply-speech-2021
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