This week marks 10 years of Fact Check at the ABC and the 600 verdicts offer an insight into our political system, writes RMIT ABC Fact Check's Matt Martino.

The claim in question is about Australia’s debt being the highest it’s ever been. In fact, it was much, much higher during WW2. That said, the claim becomes true if you restrict it to the time since the late 1950s after the WW2 debt was paid off.