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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: Bill Shorten on WA education cuts: Doesn't check out
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Tony Abbott and Christopher Pyne are to blame for WA's Barnett Government cutting $183 million claims education and axing 360 teachers and 350 teachers' aides and support staff.
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Fact Check: Will the budget be $13.8 billion better off if the mining tax is scrapped?
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann claims scrapping the mining tax would improve the budget position by $13.8 billion.
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Fact Check: Children in detention: Is Australia breaching international law?
The president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, claims that under international law, children should not be detained for longer than absolutely necessary for health and security checks.
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Fact Check: Tony Abbott's Tasmanian wilderness claim doesn't check out
Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims the 74,000 hectares the Government is proposing to remove from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is not pristine forest.
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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton's comparison of Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler checks out
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says claims made by Russian president Vladimir Putin to justify taking over Crimea are reminiscent of claims made by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.