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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: Are more than 90 per cent of Newstart recipients receiving other benefits, including the Parenting Payment and Rent Assistance?
Despite calls from within its own ranks, the Government has firmly opposed increasing Australia's main unemployment benefit. Defending this position, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claims that Newstart is unlike other welfare payments because "people who recei
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Fact Check: Have social housing levels fallen to historic lows?
Head of the advocacy group National Shelter says homelessness will not be solved without fixing the housing system, and claims social housing levels in Australia have fallen from a high of 7.1 per cent in 1991 to a low of 4.2 per cent tin 2019.
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Fact Check: The Coalition wants you to believe the force is strong in the economy, but is it?
Australia was one of a tiny handful of countries that weathered the global financial crisis, notching positive annual growth throughout. But how it is faring now is subject to debate.
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Fact Check: Is economic growth the lowest it's been since the global financial crisis?
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Government has no idea how to turn around Australia's "floundering" economy, and claims economic growth is at a 10-year low.
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Fact Check: Is Australia's population growth mostly the result of migration, and is that underpinning the budget?
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has labelled the Morrison Government's immigration-cutting agenda a "marketing ploy", and claims the budget "is built off mass migration".