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Election FactCheck: Has public infrastructure investment fallen 20% under the Coalition?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Infrastructure spending is never far from the headlines, especially during an election campaign.

But was Labor right to say in a tweet that public sector infrastructure investment has fallen 20% under the Abbott-Turnbull government?

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When asked for sources on this claim on Twitter, a Labor spokesperson referred The Conversation to...

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