“The Coalition, through its "hard work", turned around an emissions deficit inherited from Labor.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Taylor's claim is misleading. When the Coalition came to power in September 2013, the most up-to-date projections available were from a Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency report almost a year earlier. The figures Mr Taylor cites are consistent with forecasts contained in that report and another released in December last year. However, Mr Taylor's characterisation is problematic. First, the 2012 emissions data used by Mr Taylor was superseded by a new report three months aft...
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In short
Angus Taylor (Minister for Energy) made this claim around 3 March 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2019, 39 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Angus Taylor has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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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.