“The Government cut nearly $2 billion from aged care services”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Last year, Fact Check examined a similar claim by Mr Shorten, in which he accused the Government of cutting $1.2 billion from aged care. Our analysis and conclusions have not changed. In the 2016-17 budget, the Government decided to pare out $1.2 billion of "efficiencies" over four years, largely by reducing the subsidies paid to aged-care providers to tackle potential over-claiming and an unexpected cost blowout. That came on the heels of savings of $472 mil...
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In short
Bill Shorten (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 25 March 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2019, 4 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Bill Shorten has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
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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.