Questionable stats, misleading figures - and even a call that was on the money. RMIT ABC Fact Check examines claims from tonight’s first leaders' debate.
“The economic recession that we went through because of the pandemic was 30 times worse than what occurred during the global financial crisis, 30 times worse” he said.comparing apples and orangesIn fact, they said his claim was confusing, misleading and most likely wrong, while noting that the two recessions were fundamentally different in nature.
Official monthly data shows that gross debt had grown $280.3 billion to $568.1 billion since the 2013 election, while net debt — which better reflects the government’s capacity to pay its debt — had risen from $174.6 billion to $430.2 billion . Data from the 2022-23 budget, which is produced on a financial year basis, doesn't align neatly with electoral dates or the start of the pandemic.
“I designed Operation Sovereign Borders and the turn back policy of our government which ended the deaths at sea.”is "a military-led border security operation that was established in 2013" by the Coalition government for the purpose of "combating people smuggling in our region, and preventing people from risking their lives at sea".from Mr Morrison on this topic before.
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