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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 there evidence that mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients can help drug users get off welfare?
Social Services Minister Christian Porter claims there is "lots of evidence" that mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients can help drug users come off welfare payments and move into jobs.
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Fact Check: Does Australians' spending on pets show how little the nation spends on foreign aid?
Labor senator Sam Dastyari claims Australia spent three times more on pets in 2016 than it did on foreign aid.
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Fact Check: What does the High Court think about dual nationality?
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus claims that on the High Court's current interpretation, Nationals Senators Fiona Nash and Matt Canavan, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce would be ineligible to sit in Parliament.
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Fact Check: Did the mining boom play no role in staving off a recession during the global financial crisis?
Australia was among a small handful of the world's advanced economies to avoid recession during the global financial crisis. Wayne Swan, the treasurer during the crisis, claims the mining boom played no role staving off recession.
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Fact Check: Is Australia the only advanced English-speaking country without same-sex marriage?
Opposition frontbencher Andrew Leigh is among those who claim Australia is the last advanced English-speaking country not to allow same-sex marriage.