Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims Australia's debt per capita is one of the lowest in the developed world, and Australia is one of only eight countries given a AAA credit rating with a stable outlook.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 1 million jobs have been created over the past five and a half years. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott Opposition claims unemployment is marching towards 800,000. Can they both be right?

Foreign Minister Bob Carr claims people arriving in Australia recently by boat are not refugees fleeing persecution, but economic migrants.

Some state governments have raised the prospect of introducing their own same-sex marriage laws. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott claims marriage is a responsibility of the Commonwealth parliament.

Federal Labor member for Greenway in New South Wales, Michelle Rowland, claims the Coalition has not submitted any policies for costing to the Parliamentary Budget Office.