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Fact Check: Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas claims that the state government is spending more on infrastructure in the state than the Federal Government plans to spend across Australia over the next decade. Is he correct?
The Victorian Government says it has increased infrastructure spending to almost triple the long-term average, and claims the state is spending more than the federal Coalition Government plans to spend on infrastructure across the entire nation over the n
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Fact Check: Joel Fitzgibbon says the Queensland Government recently approved a mine as big as Adani's Carmichael mine. Is he correct?
Labor's resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon claims that a coal mine the same size as Adani's was approved by the Queensland Government during the 2019 federal election campaign, and it "hardly got noticed."
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Fact Check: Scott Morrison says his Cabinet maintains a record representation of women. Is he correct?
With a number of new faces promoted after the Coalition's election victory, the Prime Minister claims that the number of women in Cabinet remains at a record high.
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Fact Check: Adam Bandt says that one in four people in poverty work full time. Is he correct?
In the lead up to the federal election, Greens MP Adam Bandt called for the minimum wage to be increased to a so-called "living wage", claiming that nearly one in four people in poverty worked full-time.
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Fact Check: Scott Morrison says all cancer treatment is free in public hospitals. Is he correct?
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has challenged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to match Labor's 2019 election pledge to cut out-of-pocket costs for cancer patients. But Mr Morrison claims cancer treatment for public hospital patients is already free.