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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: Should Australia's fossil fuel exports be counted in its share of global carbon emissions?
Some say Australia is doing its fair share to tackle climate change, given it accounts for just 1.3 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Depending on the accounting method, however, that number could be much higher.
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Fact Check: Jodi McKay says the NSW firefighting budget is facing a $40 million cut. Is that correct?
As bushfires burn across NSW, social media has lit up with claims that the state's firefighters had their funding slashed. But NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says her Government has in fact provided record funding.
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Fact Check: Is the CFMMEU the most unlawful organisation in the history of Australia's industrial laws, as Christian Porter says?
As the Federal Government seeks support for tougher union penalties under its proposed Ensuring Integrity Bill, Attorney-General Christian Porter has repeatedly criticised the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union, or CFMMEU, labelling it
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Fact Check: Do Australia's greenhouse gas emissions account for more than 5 per cent of the global total once exports are included, as Mike Cannon-Brookes says?
IT entrepreneur and outspoken climate change commentator Mike Cannon-Brookes claims that Australia, with a population of just 25 million people, generates and exports over 5 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions if exports are included.
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Fact Check: Were Queensland fire danger indices historically high for early September?
With fires raging across Queensland by the first week of September, Inspector for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Andrew Sturgess called the weather conditions before the fires "an historic event".