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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 Government spending record amounts on health and hospitals?
Replying to a suggestion that voters might prefer higher hospital and education funding over tax cuts, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claimed the Government was spending "record amounts" on hospitals and health.
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Fact Check: Could asylum seekers travelling from New Zealand obtain a visa on arrival in Australia?
Asked whether he would consider a New Zealand offer to resettle asylum seekers from Nauru and Manus Island, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said the plan would be a "complete disaster", and claimed people smugglers would target New Zealand because
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Fact Check: Are ABC employees or journalists five times more likely to vote for the Greens than the general population?
Against a backdrop of calls from Liberal Party members to privatise the national broadcaster, Sinclair Davidson, an RMIT academic and adjunct fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, claimed ABC employees were five times more likely to be Greens voters
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Fact Check: Does a million dollars spent on pokies only create three jobs?
Discussing Tasmanian Labor's proposal to remove pokies from the state's pubs and clubs, World Vision chief advocate Tim Costello claims a million dollars spent on pokies only creates three jobs.
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Fact Check: Are your chances of getting the flu after a vaccination only decreased by 1 to 2 per cent?
After unprecedented demand, the Government has been forced to order an additional 800,000 flu vaccines. But a professor of public health at Bond University has called into question the effectiveness of the vaccine, claiming it reduces the chance of gettin