Reported claimRated Mostly false. Net government debt in 2021/22 is expected to be around four times higher than when Labor left office, and the deficit about twice the size of Labor's biggest deficit. · AAP
Claimed: “The budget deficit and government debt are both five times higher under the coalition than they were under the previous Labor government.” — rated Mostly false. Net government debt in 2021/22 is expected to be around four times higher than when Labor left office, and the deficit about twice the size of Labor's biggest deficit. by AAP.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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