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RMIT ABC Fact Check
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RMIT ABC Fact Check determines the accuracy of claims by politicians, public figures, advocacy groups and institutions engaged in the public debate. It is a partnership between RMIT University and the ABC, combining academic excellence and the best of Australian journalism to inform the public through an independent, non-partisan voice.
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Fact Check: Tony Abbott correct on Pacific Solution outcome
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott claims that during the Howard government's Pacific Solution, 40 per cent of the people sent to Manus Island and Nauru were permanently settled in Australia.
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Fact Check: Kevin Rudd's $70 billion black hole claim not credible
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims the Opposition would need to make $70 billion in cuts to match the Government's path to budget surplus.
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Fact Check: Kevin Rudd's ad on Australia's debt, credit rating checks out
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims Australia's debt per capita is one of the lowest in the developed world, and Australia is one of only eight countries given a AAA credit rating with a stable outlook.
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Fact Check: Kevin Rudd can defend his jobs claim but Tony Abbott is more on the money
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 1 million jobs have been created over the past five and a half years. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott Opposition claims unemployment is marching towards 800,000. Can they both be right?
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Fact Check: No evidence to support Foreign Minister Bob Carr's economic migrants claims
Foreign Minister Bob Carr claims people arriving in Australia recently by boat are not refugees fleeing persecution, but economic migrants.