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C0015 False

2.0

"Did not publish the text of the trilateral AUKUS treaty between Australia, the USA and the UK. (New Zealand was left out of the treaty.)"

CorruptionInternationalMilitary

C0016 Partially True

5.0

"Agreed to procurement terms for new nuclear submarines which explicitly prohibit the Australian Navy from 'opening the bonnet' to look at the nuclear ..."

CorruptionInternationalMilitary

C0017 Partially True

5.5

"Spent $5.5 billion on French submarines that were never built. (In addition to the undisclosed fee for early contract termination, which is approximat..."

InternationalMilitaryTax

C0019 True

6.5

"Refused to pay compensation to a man whose family was accidentally killed by Australian air strikes. The department claims they were killed by somethi..."

EthicsInternationalMilitary

C0021 Partially True

6.0

"Secretly cancelled a $1.3 billion drone procurement contract."

CorruptionMilitary

C0062 Partially True

7.0

"Flew a mostly-empty plane home from Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban, leaving behind local translators who may be killed because they helped A..."

InternationalMilitaryRefugees

C0077 Partially True

6.0

"Obscured millions of dollars of funding to a think-tank co-funded by private arms manufacturers, which primarily just creates anti-China sentiment and..."

CorruptionInternationalMilitary +1 more

C0078 Partially True

6.0

"Failed to deliver any new assets or infrastructure 2 years on after a big announcement about drones patrolling our maritime border."

MilitaryRefugeesTax

C0079 Partially True

6.0

"Approved the majority of weapon export requests to countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE, who are accused of multiple war crimes in Yemen. The governmen..."

CorruptionEthicsInternational +1 more

C0080 True

6.5

"Increased marketing spend for weapons exports from $1 million per year to $20 million."

EthicsInternationalMilitary +1 more

C0114 Partially True

4.0

"Used a meme to successfully distract the media and populace from the government's lack of action after a report revealed dozens of horrific war crimes..."

EthicsInternationalMilitary

C0119 Partially True

6.5

"Paid $39 million to a naval boat manufacturer when not required to because the company failed to fulfil the relevant contract clauses, and they coinci..."

CorruptionDonorsMilitary +1 more

C0184 Partially True

6.0

"Increased military spending by $270 billion over 10 years, when the economy and our society were struggling to cope with the pandemic and the worst re..."

MilitaryTax

C0242 Partially True

6.0

"Granted ministers to power to use the military to quell domestic protests and industrial action, including shoot-to-kill powers when infrastructure is..."

ClimateCorruptionCulture Wars +4 more

C0273 Partially True

6.0

"Abused loopholes in anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws through clearly unethical revolving door 'jobs for the boys'. The government increased defen..."

CorruptionMilitary

C0286 Partially True

6.5

"Spent $400,000 to help train the Myanmar military, who were known at the time to be guilty of ongoing genocide against the Rohingya people, and were l..."

CorruptionEthicsInternational +2 more

C0300 Partially True

6.5

"Spent half a billion dollars on an upgrade for the Australian War Memorial. The upgrade was opposed by multiple former directors of the memorial, the ..."

MilitaryTax

C0313 Partially True

6.0

"Outsourced top-level security clearance vetting to private contractors who transport sensitive documents via private courier, occasionally to the wron..."

MilitaryPrivatisation

C0331 True

7.0

"Refused to publish the percentage of calls to the veterans' suicide help line which go unanswered, because that might negatively impact the brand of t..."

CorruptionEthicsMilitary +1 more

C0369 Partially True

6.0

"Approved the sale of weapons to a country accused of committing war crimes and killing 10,000 innocent civilians."

EthicsInternationalMilitary

C0380 Partially True

6.0

"Introduced a bill which would allow the government to publicly release veteran's personal information (such as medical records) without their consent."

CyberMilitary

C0409 Partially True

6.0

"Spent $400 million more than budgeted on operational costs for the Tiger helicopters, then $500 million to close out 'critical' issues after the helic..."

MilitaryTax

C0421 Partially True

6.0

"Spent over $100 million per year on military operations in Afghanistan, despite the alleged budget emergency."

MilitaryTax

C0449 Partially True

5.0

"Ran out of money to pay Army Reserves."

Military

C0476 Partially True

5.0

"Violated international law by illegally conducting war in Syria."

InternationalMilitary

C0489 Partially True

6.0

"Spent $1.3 billion on replacements for Defence Force Land Rovers, despite the alleged budget emergency."

MilitaryTax

C0522 True

6.0

"Spent $10,000 trying to chase down someone who leaked information to the media about how the Prime Minister deliberately and knowingly used false info..."

CorruptionMilitaryTax

C0532 Partially True

6.0

"Used classified ASIO documents as props during a photo shoot."

Military

C0557 True

6.0

"Failed to name the leader of ISIS on the day they sent 330 troops to a war against ISIS."

InternationalMilitaryTerror

C0579 True

6.0

"Defended the use of the War Memorial to hold corporate events for foreign arms manufacturers."

CorruptionMilitary

C0610 True

7.0

"Appointed who said he has 'no interest in defence issues' as Minister for Defence."

Military

C0638 Partially True

5.0

"Reduced leave allowances for defence force personnel and reduced wage increases to below the inflation rate, just a few days after declaring war."

Military

C0643 Partially True

5.0

"Joined the Iraq war 3.0 without a clear, public and testable objective, without a proposed timeline, without any explanation of why we won't fail just..."

InternationalMilitary

C0663 Misleading

4.0

"Broke an election promise by allowing the new multi-billion dollar batch of Navy submarines to be built overseas, despite high levels of unemployment ..."

EconomyMilitary

C0736 Partially True

5.0

"Tightened eligibility and lowered indexation for support for injured Veterans."

Military

C0787 Partially True

6.0

"Spent $3 billion on new drones to patrol our borders."

MilitaryRefugeesTax

C0836 Partially True

5.0

"Cut all welfare ($260,000) for orphans of defence force casualties."

MilitaryWelfare

C0846 Partially True

5.0

"Spent $24 billion on new, buggy, spontaneously combusting fighter jets, already years behind schedule, which aren't going to be built in Australia. Th..."

MilitaryTax

C0857 Partially True

4.0

"Finally admitted that 'Operation Sovereign Borders' is a civilian operation not a military one."

MilitaryRefugees

C0869 Partially True

6.0

"Doubled the defence force's annual budget, increasing it by $24 billion, despite the supposed budget emergency and after the withdrawal of troops from..."

MilitaryTax

C0877 Partially True

6.0

"Purchased 8 new Poseidon aircraft totalling $4 billion despite the 'budget emergency'."

MilitaryTax

C0881 Partially True

6.0

"Eventually admitted that Navy ships 'inadvertently' crossed into Indonesian waters despite using high tech GPS navigation, then they made the exact sa..."

InternationalMilitaryRefugees

C0887 Partially True

6.0

"Annoyed the Navy by having the immigration minister tour naval bases like a defence minister would."

Military

C0907 Partially True

5.0

"Dismissed out of hand serious allegations that navy personnel assaulted asylum seekers, without interviewing the asylum seekers who made the claims."

MilitaryRefugees

C0923 Partially True

5.0

"Exempted Navy personnel of workplace safety obligations to treat asylum seekers safely, and gave them legal immunity for criminal acts which are commi..."

CorruptionMilitaryRefugees

All military Claims

"Did not publish the text of the trilateral AUKUS treaty between Australia, the USA and the UK. (New Zealand was left out of the treaty.)"

"Agreed to procurement terms for new nuclear submarines which explicitly prohibit the Australian Navy from 'opening the bonnet' to look at the nuclear ..."

"Spent $5.5 billion on French submarines that were never built. (In addition to the undisclosed fee for early contract termination, which is approximat..."

"Refused to pay compensation to a man whose family was accidentally killed by Australian air strikes. The department claims they were killed by somethi..."

"Secretly cancelled a $1.3 billion drone procurement contract."

"Flew a mostly-empty plane home from Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban, leaving behind local translators who may be killed because they helped A..."

"Obscured millions of dollars of funding to a think-tank co-funded by private arms manufacturers, which primarily just creates anti-China sentiment and..."

"Failed to deliver any new assets or infrastructure 2 years on after a big announcement about drones patrolling our maritime border."

"Approved the majority of weapon export requests to countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE, who are accused of multiple war crimes in Yemen. The governmen..."

"Increased marketing spend for weapons exports from $1 million per year to $20 million."

"Used a meme to successfully distract the media and populace from the government's lack of action after a report revealed dozens of horrific war crimes..."

"Paid $39 million to a naval boat manufacturer when not required to because the company failed to fulfil the relevant contract clauses, and they coinci..."

"Increased military spending by $270 billion over 10 years, when the economy and our society were struggling to cope with the pandemic and the worst re..."

"Granted ministers to power to use the military to quell domestic protests and industrial action, including shoot-to-kill powers when infrastructure is..."

"Abused loopholes in anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws through clearly unethical revolving door 'jobs for the boys'. The government increased defen..."

"Spent $400,000 to help train the Myanmar military, who were known at the time to be guilty of ongoing genocide against the Rohingya people, and were l..."

"Spent half a billion dollars on an upgrade for the Australian War Memorial. The upgrade was opposed by multiple former directors of the memorial, the ..."

"Outsourced top-level security clearance vetting to private contractors who transport sensitive documents via private courier, occasionally to the wron..."

"Refused to publish the percentage of calls to the veterans' suicide help line which go unanswered, because that might negatively impact the brand of t..."

"Approved the sale of weapons to a country accused of committing war crimes and killing 10,000 innocent civilians."

"Introduced a bill which would allow the government to publicly release veteran's personal information (such as medical records) without their consent."

"Spent $400 million more than budgeted on operational costs for the Tiger helicopters, then $500 million to close out 'critical' issues after the helic..."

"Spent over $100 million per year on military operations in Afghanistan, despite the alleged budget emergency."

"Ran out of money to pay Army Reserves."

"Violated international law by illegally conducting war in Syria."

"Spent $1.3 billion on replacements for Defence Force Land Rovers, despite the alleged budget emergency."

"Spent $10,000 trying to chase down someone who leaked information to the media about how the Prime Minister deliberately and knowingly used false info..."

"Used classified ASIO documents as props during a photo shoot."

"Failed to name the leader of ISIS on the day they sent 330 troops to a war against ISIS."

"Defended the use of the War Memorial to hold corporate events for foreign arms manufacturers."

"Appointed who said he has 'no interest in defence issues' as Minister for Defence."

"Reduced leave allowances for defence force personnel and reduced wage increases to below the inflation rate, just a few days after declaring war."

"Joined the Iraq war 3.0 without a clear, public and testable objective, without a proposed timeline, without any explanation of why we won't fail just..."

"Broke an election promise by allowing the new multi-billion dollar batch of Navy submarines to be built overseas, despite high levels of unemployment ..."

"Tightened eligibility and lowered indexation for support for injured Veterans."

"Spent $3 billion on new drones to patrol our borders."

"Cut all welfare ($260,000) for orphans of defence force casualties."

"Spent $24 billion on new, buggy, spontaneously combusting fighter jets, already years behind schedule, which aren't going to be built in Australia. Th..."

"Finally admitted that 'Operation Sovereign Borders' is a civilian operation not a military one."

"Doubled the defence force's annual budget, increasing it by $24 billion, despite the supposed budget emergency and after the withdrawal of troops from..."

"Purchased 8 new Poseidon aircraft totalling $4 billion despite the 'budget emergency'."

"Eventually admitted that Navy ships 'inadvertently' crossed into Indonesian waters despite using high tech GPS navigation, then they made the exact sa..."

"Annoyed the Navy by having the immigration minister tour naval bases like a defence minister would."

"Dismissed out of hand serious allegations that navy personnel assaulted asylum seekers, without interviewing the asylum seekers who made the claims."

"Exempted Navy personnel of workplace safety obligations to treat asylum seekers safely, and gave them legal immunity for criminal acts which are commi..."

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