Bill Shorten

Opposition Leader. 8 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2018 to 2020. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check15 Aug 2020AustraliaRomanian

Bill Shorten, Former opposition leader

“Aged care is a federal responsibility”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is a fair call. Individual aged care facilities are legally responsible for the safety of their residents, but the Federal Government is responsible for the aged care system as a whole. The Government…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check14 Jun 2019Australia Economy and jobs

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“You name it, everything is going up except your wages”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Doesn't stack up

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: The Australian Bureau of Statistics' measure of wages, the wage price index, has not fallen under the Coalition, though it is sluggish. Experts contacted by Fact Check took issue with Mr Shorten's claim, as the WPI has …

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 May 2019Australia Economy and jobs

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“There's a million Australians doing two jobs and there's a million Australians who are underemployed.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten is correct. Both claims — that a million Australians are underemployed and a million Australians are working two jobs — check out according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures. However, as one expert t…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check9 May 2019Australia Politics and government

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“$77 billion of the Government's tax package would go to people earning more than $180,000 a year.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Justifiable

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is justifiable. The $77 billion figure he cites is an underestimate according to two leading tax and economic modellers consulted by Fact Check. Their analyses, using tax and welfare models similar to…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check29 Apr 2019Australia

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“The number of apprenticeships has slumped since the Coalition took office”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Apprenticeships have long been associated with traditional trades, such as plumbing. But traineeships are a newer type of training program and are typically associated with the services…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check29 Mar 2019Australia Politics and government

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“The Government cut nearly $2 billion from aged care services”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Last year, Fact Check examined a similar claim by Mr Shorten, in which he accused the Government of cutting $1.2 billion from aged care. Our analysis and conclusions have not changed. I…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check16 Oct 2018Australia Politics and government

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“The Government cut funding by $1.2 billion from aged care in Scott Morrison's first budget as treasurer”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. In Mr Morrison's first year as federal treasurer — that is, 2016-17 — total Commonwealth funding for aged care (excluding the pension and other forms of income support for seniors, but …

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check25 Apr 2018Australia

Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader

“It is true that posthumously promoting Monash to field marshal in this centenary year would be a break with normal protocol." "But there are powerful precedents for such a decision.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Yes, but more to it

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim doesn't check out. In support of his argument, Mr Shorten cited three examples of men whose promotions, he claimed, had broken with protocol: Sir Thomas Blamey, Prince Philip, and General George Washi…