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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: Can a lower GST threshold for online purchases be achieved in Australia?
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird claims other countries like the UK and Canada have lower GST thresholds for online shopping and that these thresholds can also be achieved in Australia.
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Fact Check: Immigration Minister Scott Morrison not telling the full story on asylum seeker arrivals
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison claims the Coalition's border protection policy has resulted in an 80 per cent reduction in asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat.
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Fact Check: Impossible to guarantee no school will be worse off under Coalition funding arrangements
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the Coalition has broken its election promise that no school will be worse off than it would have been under Labor's Gonski funding plans.
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Fact Check: Clive Palmer incorrect on the number of executions in China
Federal MP and businessman Clive Palmer claims the Chinese government executes 500,000 people a year.
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Fact Check: Would spying on East Timor by the Australian Secret Intelligence Service be illegal?
Australian lawyer Bernard Collaery claims the head of ASIS ordered a team into East Timor to conduct work which was outside the proper functions of ASIS.