“... renewables + storage are cheaper than new coal let alone the loopy current fad of nuclear power ...”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call
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“What we don’t have in Australia is a law that basically says that you cannot discriminate against someone because of their religious beliefs.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: More to the story
“Since abortion was decriminalised in Victoria in 2008, post 20 week abortions have increased by 39 per cent.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong
“A lot of people have been dispossessed of their lands in Australia because of the Mabo decision and native title”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Baseless
“Marks to get into teaching are getting lower and lower”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not clear cut
“More than 90 per cent of Newstart recipients are receiving other benefits, including the Parenting Payment and Rent Assistance”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story
“We have dropped our social housing levels from a high in 1991 of 7.1 per cent to a low now of 4.2 per cent”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: In the ballpark
“Economic growth hasn't been this slow for 10 years since the global financial crisis”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Dr Chalmers has made a fair call. There are several ways to measure economic growth. Dr Chalmers did not specify which measure he was referring to. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' closely-watched chain volume measu…
“Australia's population growth mostly the result of migration, and that is underpinning the federal budget”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Close to the mark
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Hanson's claim is close to the mark. Official figures put Australia's population at the end of 2018 at more than 25 million people. This was an increase, as Senator Hanson points out, of more than 400,000 year o…
“Australia has, unfortunately, one of the least generous paid parental leave schemes amongst all OECD nations.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Walsh's claim is a fair call. The average length of paid parental leave among OECD countries is around 55 weeks, while Australia's system offers 18 weeks, according to OECD data. Unlike the majority of the 36 members…
“He said the number of people "living in impoverished dwellings or people living on the street" has fallen from 8,946 to 8,200 over a 15-year period to 2016.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Cherrypicking
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Howarth's claim that the number of people "living in impoverished dwellings or people living on the street" has fallen from 8,946 to 8,200 is cherrypicking. His decision to cite figures for rough sleepers over 15 yea…
“And that includes thermal coal exports. We know there are 54,000 people employed in that industry...”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't check out
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator McKenzie's claim doesn't check out. There are two Australian Bureau of Statistics employment data sets against which the claim can be tested. The Labour Account, which publishes industry information drawn from e…
“Out of the 25 million Australians who populate this great country ...130 people can speak Mandarin at a level good enough to do business, who aren't of Chinese background.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Educated guess
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Bowen's claim is an educated guess. It was first promulgated by two Australian academics. Daniel Kane, formerly the head of Chinese studies at Macquarie University, estimated the number with the help of other academi…
“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.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Apples and oranges
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: 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 breakd…
“You name it, everything is going up except your wages”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't stack up
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: The Australian Bureau of Statistics' measure of wages, the wage price index, has not fallen under the Coalition, though it is sluggish. Experts contacted by Fact Check took issue with Mr Shorten's claim, as the WPI has …
“You know, a mine just as big as Adani was approved by the Queensland Government in the Bowen Basin during the formal election campaign.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't stack up
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Fitzgibbon's claim doesn't stack up. The mine he referred to — Olive Downs, near Moranbah, south-west of Mackay — plans to produce up to 4.5 million tonnes of coal per year in its first stage, eventually ramping up t…
“The ministry that I announce today maintains the record representation of women in cabinet for an Australian Government, with seven female members of our Cabinet.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Checks out
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim checks out. In nominal terms, no other government has ever had seven women in cabinet, as Mr Morrison has since March. The previous record was six, which was equalled by both Labor and Liberal prime …
“Nearly 1 in 4 people in poverty works full-time.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overblown
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: 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…
“That the Coalition cut $14 billion from schools”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“If you're in a public hospital at the moment, all of your cancer treatment is free.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: More to the story
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: There is more to the story. Public hospitals provide free treatment to cancer patients who are formally admitted as public inpatients. However, public patients may need to pay for other cancer services. In some states a…