“The Victorian Liberals cut a billion dollars from health when they were last in office.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Ms Hennessy is wrong. Under the Coalition, health spending grew from $7.4 billion in 2009-10 to $8.7 billion in 2014-15. The average annual increase over the five years was $264 million, while the cumulative extra spending over the period was $4.1 billion. These figures factor in the effects of inflation in the health sector and refer to spending on both recurrent health services and one-off capital expenditure in the health portfolio. They also show health spending grew faster than populatio...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jill Hennessy (Victorian Health Minister) made this claim around 12 October 2018. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 21 November 2018, 40 days later. Its rating was “Wrong”.
Where the claim appeared
- premier.vic.gov.auhttps://www.premier.vic.gov.au/morrison-must-reverse-plans-to-cut-our-hospitals/
- premier.vic.gov.auhttps://www.premier.vic.gov.au/cutting-edge-ct-scans-for-maryborough-patients/
Links recorded by RMIT ABC Fact Check. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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.