Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews claims hospitals have been shortchanged by the federal Coalition Government's new three-year funding deal, which he says does not return billions of dollars taken from the states and territories by the 2014 budget.

The inaugural Women's Big Bash League cricket competition scored a bigger TV audience than the men's A-League soccer season, the vice-captain of the Australian women's cricket team claims.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott claimed that if Labor wins the 2016 election they will bring in five new taxes, including "a tax on every worker having a smoko".

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash says the number of migrant workers on 457 visas doubled under Labor then fell under the Coalition, accounting for less than one per cent of Australia's workforce in 2016. Is she correct?

In response to claims that independent and minor-party senators gained more personal votes than Government ministers in 2013, Fact Check asks whether below-the-line votes can be used as a measure of "personal" support.