Fact Check: Bill Shorten on WA education cuts: Doesn't check out

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Fact Check: Bill Shorten on WA education cuts: Doesn't check out

4 Apr 2014

RMIT ABC Fact Check

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Labor Party Budget Western Australia

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Fact Check: Bill Shorten on WA education cuts: Doesn't check out

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Tony Abbott and Christopher Pyne are to blame for WA's Barnett Government cutting $183 million claims education and axing 360 teachers and 350 teachers' aides and support staff.
Verdict: Doesn't check out

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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26 May 2020

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