Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie claims 457 visas are partly responsible for a lack of employment opportunities in Australia, with more than a million such visas issued.

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.

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon claims the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement could allow overseas poker machine manufacturers to successfully sue the Government for passing anti-gambling laws.

Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie claims the "Republic of Nauru is virtually a failed state".

Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie claims "it is illegal for Australia to bomb in Syria" because governments can't bomb a sovereign state which poses no threat to other countries.