Treasurer. 7 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2023. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is misleading. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, total average weekly earnings for full-time employees increased by 3.9 per cent — or $3,738.80 — over Labor's first year in office. Ho…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is spin. When the Coalition left office in March 2022, Labor was left with $888 billion of gross debt, or $517 billion of net debt. But while most of that debt was accrued during the Coalition's term…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is exaggerated. Australia's federal government debt can be measured in gross or net terms. When the Coalition left office, total net debt was closer to $500 billion than $1 trillion. Gross debt was h…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is correct. Figures on tax, debt and spending as a proportion of GDP have been higher on average under the Coalition government since 2013 than under the last Labor government. However, it's importan…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Dr Chalmers's claim is a fair call. Although there have been just two periods each of Labor and Coalition governments in the last 30 years, the Commonwealth tax take was on average higher under the Coalition during that…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers is correct. When the Coalition came to power in September 2013, gross debt stood at about $280.3 billion. That level of debt was largely the consequence of borrowing undertaken by the former Labor government…
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Dr Chalmers has made a fair call. There are several ways to measure economic growth. Dr Chalmers did not specify which measure he was referring to. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' closely-watched chain volume measu…