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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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ABC
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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.
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Fact Check: More to the story on Nova Peris's claim about the NT's banned drinker register


Labor Party Senator Nova Peris claims alcohol-related emergency department admissions in Northern Territory hospitals increased by 80 per cent in the 14 months after the banned drinker register was scrapped.
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Fact Check: How many people in the world watch the Australian Formula One Grand Prix?


Victorian Premier Denis Napthine claims 450 million people around the world watch the Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne.