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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: Craig Kelly says Australia had more rainfall in the first 20 years of this century than the first 20 years of last century. Is he correct?
At the height of Australia's recent bushfire crisis, Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly made the rounds of national and international media outlets, arguing against the long-term drying out of the Australian landscape.
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Fact Check: Who are the 75 Australian 'scientists and professionals' who say there is no climate emergency?
Periodically, petitions containing the signatures of "scientists" who are sceptical of human-induced global warming emerge, which seek to counter the views of climate scientists. Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly highlighted one such recent petition on Face
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Fact Check: NSW Government gave 'incorrect' figures on sniffer dog success rates to Parliament
The NSW Government tabled figures on the success rate of drug detection dogs in Parliament last year that NSW Police now say were "incorrect" and produced using "untested methodology".
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Fact Check: Peter Dutton says 250 have been charged with arson. But the data tells a different story
Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton says a spike in arson offences was to blame for this season's devastating bushfires. But there is no evidence to show arson was even moderately responsible.
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Fact Check: Are there more full-time baristas than coal industry workers in Australia?
In a widely shared Facebook post mocking those who would dismiss environmentalists as "latte sipping lefties" who hate Australian jobs, the Young Greens claimed that more people were working as full-time baristas in 2019 than were employed in the coal ind