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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: Is the Coalition's new spending on climate change worth just four weeks of keeping Christmas Island open?
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale claims the Morrison government is spending "almost as much to keep Christmas Island open in the previous four weeks as they will spend in new money over the next four years on climate change."
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Fact Check: Is that a fact?! Fact checking the final leaders' debate of the 2019 federal election campaignFact checking the third leaders debate
RMIT ABC Fact Check looked at some of the key claims made during the third leaders' debate of the 2019 federal election.
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Fact Check: Labor's Climate Change Spokesman, Mark Butler, says Australia has the lowest uptake of electric vehicles in the OECD. Is he correct?
Labor has promised to introduce the nation's first national electric vehicle policy if elected. Climate change spokesman Mark Butler says the policy, which aims to make half of new car sales electric by 2030, would see Australia "start to catch up with th
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Fact Check: Federal election 2019: RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the rule over Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten's second debate
RMIT ABC Fact Check looked at some of the key claims made during the second leaders' debate of the 2019 federal election.
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Fact Check: Josh Frydenberg told Q&A the minimum wage has been growing at a faster rate than inflation and the average wage. Is he correct?
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claims that workers on the minimum wage have fared better under the Coalition than when Labor was last in government.