“Taxpayer money was not used by Australia Post to purchase Cartier watches as bonuses for employees”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
The question of whether the purchase of the watches involved the use of taxpayers' money is not cut and dried. Australia Post — wholly owned by the Commonwealth — is required by law to operate commercially. And, as Ms Holgate pointed out during her Senate estimates appearance, it does not receive funding from the Federal Government. As experts consulted by Fact Check noted, Australia Post has considerable flexibility and independence when it comes to its daily operations, including the abilit...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Christine Holgate (Former Australia Post CEO) made this claim around 22 October 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 18 December 2020, 57 days later. Its rating was “Not cut and dried”.
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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.