“The Liberals slashed the social housing waitlist”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Kean's claim to have "slashed" the waitlist is exaggerated. Experts contacted by Fact Check agreed that data published annually by the Productivity Commission was the most authoritative source for assessing the social housing waitlist. According to this data, the number of people on the waitlist fell by just 0.2 per cent to 52,243 between June 30, 2010 (when Labor was last in power) and June 30, 2022 (the date of the latest available data). Across the Coalition's 12-year tenure, the number...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Matt Kean (New South Wales Treasurer) made this claim around 10 January 2023. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 9 March 2023, 58 days later. Its rating was “Exaggerated”.
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.