In February 2017, the Fair Work Commission decided to reduce minimum Sunday and public holiday rates for some award workers in the retail, pharmacy and hospitality industries. Opposition spokeswoman for justice Clare O'Neil claims it amounts to a pay cut.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd claims trachoma among Indigenous young people has declined since his National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008.

Tony Burke, the Opposition spokesman for citizenship and multicultural Australia, claims a new language test proposed by the Government would demand the same level of English proficiency that is required for university admission — a standard too stringent

Federal Opposition leader Bill Shorten claimed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a tax cut for millionaires, and tax hike for working Australians in the 2018 budget. But his claim is over the top.

Labor's education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek says $22 billion worth of cuts to school funding over the next 10 years means the cuts would affect schools in the country and the city, including those in battling postcodes.