Yes, 86% of GP visits were bulk-billed in 2017-18, up from 82% when Labor was in power. But they also rose under Labor, while the percentage for “patients” seems to be lower than the percentage for “visits”.
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SA Liberal Party leader Steven Marshall said that state Labor policy had left South Australians with ‘the highest energy prices in Australia’ and ‘the least reliable grid’. Is that right?
The Conversation’s FactCheck team will be in Adelaide for the next two weeks, working with academics to test politicians’ claims against the evidence as South Australians prepare to vote on March 17.
Was Greens leader Richard Di Natale right to say the government spends $3 billion each year on the “offshore detention centre regime”?
Was Malcolm Turnbull right to say that 300,000 new jobs created in the last calendar year, with almost two-thirds held by women?
Was Christopher Pyne right to say that “there has not been a delay of the NBN”?
ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie said that the level of unemployment payment hasn’t been increased in Australia in over 20 years. Is that true?
Election FactCheck will explain key issues in the 2016 campaign, while aiming to keep politicians honest and voters better informed.
Is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull right to say that Labor plans to increase taxes by A$100 billion over ten years?
FactCheck unpacks claims that Labor has a $19.5 billion black hole in its economic plan.
Labour’s Jim Murphy and the Conservatives’ Ruth Davidson clashed over targets for sanctioning people on benefits. Who was right?
Nigel Farage has argued that the EU is a millstone around Britain’s neck when it comes to trade.
Ed Miliband says Labour did not overspend when it was last in office. He’s right.
David Cameron has said the number of people sleeping rough has gone down under the coalition. That isn’t backed up by the evidence.
Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
Labour’s Ed Miliband says that advantaged pupils are much more likely to go to university. Is he right?
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says A&Es are seeing and treating people faster than any other country that measures performance. Is he right?
The Conservatives argue that the rest of Europe wants reform too. Is this true?
Lib Dem energy minister Ed Davey says renewable electricity has soared under the coalition. Is he right?
The SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon says austerity has held the economy back. Is she right?
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Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific Research) ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Griffith University
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