“I mean, 189 million bucks over the next four years. They are spending almost as much to keep Christmas Island open in the previous four weeks as they will spend in new money over the next four years on climate change.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overblown
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Di Natale's claim is overblown. The Greens leader has compared several months of detention costs with only part of the Coalition's new spending on climate change, allocated in the 2019 budget. And by focussing o…