“Remarkably, we [the Victorian Government] are currently investing more in Victoria than the Commonwealth plans to spend across the entire nation over the next decade.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Pallas is comparing apples and oranges. The April 2, 2019 federal budget refers to Commonwealth spending of $100 billion on transport infrastructure over the next decade. The budget does not provide a complete breakdown of how the spending will be spread across individual years or specific projects. This federal figure is not comparable to the $107 billion of spending on state infrastructure referred to by Mr Pallas, for a number of reasons. First, the 10-year, $100 billion federal infrast...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Pallas (Victorian Treasurer) made this claim around 27 May 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 20 June 2019, 24 days later. Its rating was “Apples and oranges”.
Where the claim appeared
- budget.vic.gov.auhttps://www.budget.vic.gov.au/budget-papers
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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.