Claim: The budget deficit and government debt are both five times higher under the coalition than they were under the previous Labor government.
Fact-check: Rudd overshoots on scale of coalition debt and deficit
Verdict: 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.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: William Summers
Date published: 2022-03-24T00:00:00