“We have now reduced our emissions by 20 per cent. In comparison, Canada has seen emissions down by just 1 per cent, New Zealand by just 4 per cent, the OECD average just 7 per cent.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Frydenberg's claim is misleading. The first reason is that the figures the Treasurer has quoted are from different years. Australia is sourced to 2020, New Zealand and Canada to 2019 and the OECD to 2018. This inconsistency is particularly problematic as emissions figures to 2020 include large reductions as a result of the pandemic, and not government policy, while prior years do not. Figures for 2020 are available for New Zealand, Canada and 32 of 38 OECD countries. In line with Mr Fryden...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Josh Frydenberg (Treasurer) made this claim around 15 May 2022. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 16 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Josh Frydenberg has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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