Claim: Judith Collins, NZ National Party leader, claims that NSW has had fewer COVID-19 deaths than New Zealand as well as a booming economy and fans are to attend rugby matches.
Fact-check: Has NSW weathered the impacts of COVID-19 better than NZ?
Verdict: mostly false - the claim is mostly false with a minor element of truth.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Lee Umbers
Date published: 2020-09-21T00:00:00