Statement Tracker
Hook
Politicians make claims about infrastructure. We check them against the data. Results vary.
Key Numbers
- Every tracked statement sourced to Hansard, press release, or media [primary]
- Statuses: Accurate / Misleading / Unverified / Superseded [editorial]
- Non-Accurate labels come with published reasoning [methodology]
Context
The statement tracker is a chronological log of public statements about Victorian infrastructure, budgets, and accountability. Each statement is sourced to a specific record — Hansard, press release, media interview — and checked against the primary data we hold.
We assign one of four statuses. Accurate means the data supports the claim. Misleading means the claim is technically true but omits material context (for example, "we delivered on budget" for a project where the budget was revised upward three times before delivery). Unverified means we can't find data either way. Superseded means the claim was true when made but subsequent data changed it.
Non-Accurate labels come with published reasoning. We don't assign them casually.
This page is also where named entities can exercise right of reply. If a politician or official has publicly responded, it's logged here and linked.
Takeaway
Public statements and public data should match. When they don't, someone is either confused or trying to confuse you.
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Every major public claim about Victorian infrastructure, checked against the government's own data.
Last reviewed: 11 Apr 2026