Tanya Plibersek

Deputy Opposition Leader. 4 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2022. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check17 Mar 2022Australia Politics and government

Tanya Plibersek, Shadow Minister for Education and Women

“Right now in Sydney, if you're a Muslim woman sitting on a train and someone yells at you for wearing a hijab, you've got no protection under the law from that.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overreach

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Plibersek's claim is overreach. There are no religious vilification laws at either a state or federal level which would protect someone in NSW from vilification as described by Ms Plibersek, but experts told Fact Che…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check20 Aug 2019Australia

Tanya Plibersek, Opposition education spokeswoman

“Marks to get into teaching are getting lower and lower”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not clear cut

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check29 May 2019Australia Education

Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader

“That the Coalition cut $14 billion from schools”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check7 Feb 2019Australia Politics and government

Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader

“Labor has more than double the number of women the Liberals have in the Parliament and about twice the number of women on our front bench ...”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Checks out

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, Ms Plibersek's claim checks out, but there's more to it. There are more than twice the number of Labor women in Parliament than there are Liberal women, in both raw numbers (44 vs 19) and proportional terms (46.3 p…