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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 only 2pc of incomes over $100,000 earned by women under 50?
Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims only 2 per cent of incomes over $100,000 are earned by women under 50. The actual figure is considerably higher.
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Fact Check: Does Australia have a revenue problem, as ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie claims?
ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie claims Australia is one of the lowest taxing countries in the OECD.
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Fact Check: Is the evidence on GP co-payments as bad as Labor says?
Acording to opposition health spokeswomen Catherine King the introduction of co-payments results in people avoiding seeing a doctor when they are sick and then ending up in emergency departments.
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Fact Check: Has the Government doubled the budget deficit?
Treasurer Joe Hockey is the "Masterchef of cooking the books" according to his Opposition counterpart Chris Bowen, who has repeatedly accused the Coalition of using "voodoo economics" to create a sense of crisis to justify dramatic spending cuts in the bu
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Fact Check: Attorney-General George Brandis ill-informed on people's 'right to be bigots'
Attorney-General George Brandis claims people have a right to be bigots and to say things that other people find offensive.