“Under Labor, the gender pay gap was at 17.4 per cent and reduced to 13.8 per cent on our watch.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
There's more to the story than Mr Dutton's claim suggests. Indeed, the gender pay gap was at 17.4 per cent when Labor left office in late 2013. The pay gap also fell steadily during most of the Coalition's time in government, reaching 13.8 per cent in November 2021 (although it did rise again in the months prior to the May 2022 election and was 14.1 per cent when the Coalition was ousted). That said, the gap also peaked during the Coalition's nine-year reign at 18.7 per cent, which was higher...
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In short
Peter Dutton (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 14 April 2023. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “More to the story”.
Peter Dutton has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- peterdutton.com.auhttps://www.peterdutton.com.au/leader-of-the-opposition-transcript-address-to-the-council…
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