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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: Are 75pc of Australia's living species largely unknown?
An estimated 75 per cent of Australia's biodiversity is largely unknown.
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Fact Check: Will Australia ever be the 'food bowl of Asia'?
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce tempers expectations that Australia can become the 'food bowl of Asia'.
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Fact Check: Labor blocking $5 billion of its own savings measures
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann claims Labor is opposing $5 billion in savings that it initiated when it was in government.
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Fact Check: Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie incorrect on defence spending
Is Australia's defence spending as a ratio of GDP the lowest it has been since pre-World War II?
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Fact Check: Joe Hockey's 'poor people' don't have cars, don't drive far claim, misleading
Treasurer Joe Hockey claims higher income people pay the most fuel tax because poor people don't own cars or don't drive very far.