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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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ABC
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Fact Check: Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie incorrect on defence spending


Is Australia's defence spending as a ratio of GDP the lowest it has been since pre-World War II?
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The dark art of political advertising


Overview: To those in the advertising business, political parties are ‘brands’, like Coke or Pepsi. Whom you choose to vote for is akin to deciding which brand of toothpaste you’ll purchase. Dee Madigan has been in the ad game for 18 years and has worked on 5 ALP election campaigns. She reveals the tricks of...
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Fact Check: Joe Hockey's 'poor people' don't have cars, don't drive far claim, misleading


Treasurer Joe Hockey claims higher income people pay the most fuel tax because poor people don't own cars or don't drive very far.
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Humanitarian architecture


Overview: In 2010 approximately 42 million people were forced to flee their homes due to natural disasters across the globe. And ever since the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the escalation in the number of natural disasters has seen the emergence of a new strand of design called Humanitarian Architecture – one better suited to local...
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Fact Check: Rupert Murdoch misleading on North and South Poles


Media magnate Rupert Murdoch claims the North Pole is melting "a bit, but the South Pole is getting bigger".