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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: Does Australia have one of the least generous paid parental leave schemes in the OECD?
Advocacy group Parents At Work says Australia's approach to paid parental leave is lagging other nations and "requires an urgent rethink".
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Fact Check: Why Luke Howarth's claims on homelessness in Australia get mixed verdicts
Assistant Minister for Homelessness Luke Howarth says he wants to put a "positive spin" on homelessness, and claims that not only are very few people homeless, but on several measures the numbers are improving.
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Fact Check: Are there really 54,000 people employed in thermal coal mining?
Nationals Party Deputy Leader Bridget McKenzie says coal exports will remain critical to regional communities and the economy, and claims that the thermal coal industry employs 54,000 people.
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Fact Check: Are there only 130 Australians of non-Chinese heritage who can speak Mandarin proficiently?
Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen claims that among Australia's population of 25 million, just 130 people of non-Chinese heritage can speak Mandarin at a level good enough to do business.
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Fact Check: Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas claims that the state government is spending more on infrastructure in the state than the Federal Government plans to spend across Australia over the next decade. Is he correct?
The Victorian Government says it has increased infrastructure spending to almost triple the long-term average, and claims the state is spending more than the federal Coalition Government plans to spend on infrastructure across the entire nation over the n