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RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Guy's claim is not clear cut. Notwithstanding the difficulty in comparing lockdowns in different metropolitan areas around the world, Melbourne does not hold the record for the most days spent under strict stay-at-ho…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Ratnam's claim is understated. Data published by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) shows that on a nominal basis, Victorians have lost $65.4 billion on poker machines located in clubs and h…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: The Victorian Labor Party is still wrong. Adjusted for inflation, health spending under the previous Coalition government grew from $8 billion in 2009-10 to $9.5 billion in 2014-15. The average annual increase was $306 …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Dreyfus's claim is in the ballpark. Labor didn't simply promise to establish an anti-corruption body. Rather, its election platform pledged to legislate a "powerful, transparent and independent" commission. Prior to …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is exaggerated. Australia's federal government debt can be measured in gross or net terms. When the Coalition left office, total net debt was closer to $500 billion than $1 trillion. Gross debt was h…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Watt's claim is misleading. The September 2022 boost to welfare payments was a routine increase designed to ensure payments keep pace with the cost of living. By design, these regular increases maintain but do n…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Dutton is incorrect. When measured as a share of GDP, defence spending under Labor fell to 1.52 per cent, which is the lowest since 1938-39 when it was 1.5 per cent. But the high point of spending under the previous …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Joyce has jumped the gun. The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts told Fact Check "there have been no changes to vehicle standards since the commencement of the …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, Senator Gallagher is correct, but there's more to it than her claim suggests. There is no single way of assessing the relative strengths of Australia's Commonwealth, state and territory budgets, but on two widely c…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Ley is wrong. There are at least four electric utes being manufactured and sold overseas, including a ute made by Ford and an electric ute version of General Motors' Hummer. Additionally, plans for a number of electr…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms McManus's claim is a fair call. Figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that, since 1959, the compensation of employees as a share of the nation's GDP has never been lower. It's important …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Hastie's claim doesn't hold water. The word "commission" can have distinct military and political definitions. However, under no common definition can the Coalition be said to be responsible for 70 ships, while Labor…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese's claim doesn't stack up. Experts told Fact Check comparisons of contributions to Ukraine were complicated by a lack of complete data, varied definitions of what constitutes a "contribution" and difficulties…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Joyce's claim is in the ballpark. Labor primary vote of 32.6 per cent was low by historic standards but his selection of 1910 is inexact. Labor's primary vote in 2022 is indeed worse than any recorded by the Labor pr…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Latham's claim is misleading. According to a report Mr Latham suggested was the source of his claim, only 865 teachers on the NSW Department of Education payroll were confirmed, as of March 31, to be unvaccinated or …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese's claim is correct. The previous record was 8 women in cabinet, or 34.8 per cent of cabinet positions, achieved during the final term of Scott Morrison's Coalition government. The first ministry of the Alban…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Gallagher's claim is wrong. On two key economic indicators, debt and deficit, previous incoming governments have inherited worse "budget books". The only fair way to make historical comparisons is to take into a…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison is cherrypicking. Experts told Fact Check there were indeed similarities between the coercive powers of a royal commission and the government's proposed model for a federal anti-corruption commission. For ex…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Bandt's claim is overblown. A document provided by his office to Fact Check attributed the vast majority of this figure to the cost of the government's fuel tax credits scheme. There is some debate as to whether the …
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Sukkar's claim is overstated. While loans to first home buyers have not reached a 15-year high, on a number of measures, the past two years have seen such loans at a higher level than recorded since early 2010. It's …