Nearly twenty years after the Port Arthur massacre, John Howard, the prime minister who overhauled gun laws, claims they led to significant falls in gun-related homicides and a 74 per cent fall in gun-related suicide rates.

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash says industrial action in the construction sector fell after the Howard Government introduced a new building regulator, the Australian Building and Construction Commission and doubled after Labor abolished it.

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?

Treasurer Scott Morrison claims Australians on modest incomes make up the "vast majority" of negative gearers — with two-thirds earning a taxable income of $80,000 or less, and a similar proportion owning just one property.