“The ministry that I announce today maintains the record representation of women in cabinet for an Australian Government, with seven female members of our Cabinet.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Morrison's claim checks out. In nominal terms, no other government has ever had seven women in cabinet, as Mr Morrison has since March. The previous record was six, which was equalled by both Labor and Liberal prime ministers over the last few years. In proportional terms, Mr Morrison's 30.4 per cent representation of women just edges out the previous record held by former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who achieved 30 per cent representation in the dying days of the last Labor government.
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In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 26 May 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 5 June 2019, 10 days later. Its rating was “Checks out”.
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.
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