“The gender pay gap has fallen from 17.2 per cent to 14.5 per cent under the policies of our government.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Morrison's claim is overreach. His numbers check out, although they differ slightly to those from the government agency officially tasked with publishing the gender pay gap. However, they oversimplify what has happened to the gender pay gap in recent decades. When it comes to the role of government policy, the Government claims that job creation and economic growth were key drivers behind the lower pay gap. But experts told Fact Check a booming economy would likely correspond with a larger...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 18 September 2018. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 2 October 2018, 14 days later. Its rating was “Overreach”.
Scott Morrison has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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.