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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: The Government says Australians will lose out on medical help if refugees are brought here for treatment. Is that correct?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other Coalition frontbenchers say Australians face being kicked off hospital waiting lists by an influx of asylum seekers and refugees seeking medical treatment in Australia under the so-called medevac legislation.
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Fact Check: As International Women's Day rolls around again, what's changed for women in Australia?
Since International Women's Day in 2018, RMIT ABC Fact Check has investigated a slew of claims relating to women and their place in Australian society and politics. This article summarises the findings.
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Fact Check: Housing is an election issue for the NSW Greens, but is homelessness up 30 per cent as they say?
Arguing there is a "housing crisis" in the state, NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge claims that homelessness in NSW "has jumped by more than 30 per cent in five years".
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Fact Check: Dominic Perrottet says unemployment in NSW was nearly 50 per cent higher under Labor. Is he correct?
In the lead up to the 2019 state election, NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has taken credit for the state's solid employment figures, arguing that Labor would take the state backwards and claiming that unemployment was much higher 10 years ago.
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Fact Check: Why using taxable income to attack Labor's negative gearing, capital gains and dividend imputation policies is misleading
In the lead up to the 2019 federal election, RMIT ABC Fact Check examines how tax data is being used in the public policy debate.