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Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 Aug 2020Australia Health

Jim Chalmers, Shadow treasurer

“Something like two-thirds of the debt in the budget was borrowed by the Government before this outbreak of COVID-19”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers is correct. When the Coalition came to power in September 2013, gross debt stood at about $280.3 billion. That level of debt was largely the consequence of borrowing undertaken by the former Labor government…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check29 Jul 2020Australia Economy and jobs

Matt Canavan, Coaltion senator

“There's no subsidisation of Australia's fossil fuel industries”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Drawing a long bow

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Canavan is drawing a long bow. There are many ways to define "subsidisation". The Q+A audience member who questioned Senator Canavan cited figures from a 2019 International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper whic…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check16 Jul 2020Australia Economy and jobs

Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications

“If you look at the numbers in the budget papers, the ABC's funding is rising. It's all laid out in the budget papers.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Fletcher's claim is misleading. The budget papers show that nominal funding for the ABC's operational budget increases marginally within the current triennial funding cycle from 2019-20 to 2021-22. However, when Mr F…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check2 Jul 2020Australia

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“There was no slavery in Australia when NSW was founded as a colony”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Checks out

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim checks out. His claim goes to the question of whether there was slavery when NSW was founded as a colony. As harsh as the new settlement undoubtedly was, the preconditions for slavery — including the…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check17 Jun 2020Australia Health

@tahlialikeitis

“A COVID-19 Emergency Powers Act exists in Western Australia authorising the forcible testing and vaccination of children, including removing their underwear”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check10 Jun 2020Australia Health

Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Premier

“NSW has the highest rate of COVID-19 testing in the world”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overblown

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check3 Jun 2020Australia Politics and government

Alan Tudge, Minister for Population

“[The Government has] always been very, very careful to prioritise Australians and Australian jobs [through the migration program”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check21 May 2020Australia Health

“On the 2 April 2020, Australia's Minister for Health, Greg Hunt announced hydroxychloroquine would be made available if doctors wish to use it to treat COVID-19 patients who are in Australian hospitals. Since that time, Australia's death rate from COVID-19 has been the lowest in the world and the curve has flattened.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Baseless

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check18 May 2020Australia

David Littleproud, Minister for Agriculture

“Australia "[has] the most secure food security in the world".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: In the ballpark

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check8 May 2020Australia

Cassandra Goldie, ACOSS CEO

“We know from past experience that when someone is unemployed for over a year, their chances of securing paid work typically fall by 40 per cent.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check6 May 2020Australia Health

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“New Zealand decided to go a lot further [on COVID-19 restrictions], but I'd note that the outcomes we are getting are actually on a per capita basis actually better than what is happening in New Zealand.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check6 Mar 2020Australia

Craig Kelly, Liberal MP

“Australia had more rainfall this century, compared to the first 20 years of the last century and the data shows there is no nationwide drying trend”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Flawed

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check13 Feb 2020Australia

Australian Young Greens

“Are there more full-time baristas than coal industry workers in Australia?”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Incorrect

Checked by AAP FactCheck5 Feb 2020Australia Health

Social media posts

“A Facebook post asks how did cleaning products company Dettol know about the current coronavirus outbreak in 2019, showing a label which lists a product as able to kill “Human Coronavirus".”

AAP FactCheck rated this: Partly False

Checked by AAP FactCheck4 Feb 2020Australia Climate and environment

Social media posts

“A Facebook post claims that an eruption from Italian volcano Mount Etna has created more greenhouse gas emissions than all mankind throughout history.”

AAP FactCheck rated this: False

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check4 Feb 2020Australia Science and technology

Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner

“So, in particular, if you happen to have darker skin, that facial recognition technology is much, much less accurate.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check31 Jan 2020Australia

Chris Dickman, Professor

“The 480 million estimate was made a couple of weeks ago, and the fires have now burnt over a large area of further country. That means over 800 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been affected by the fires. Australia-wide, it's probably over a billion”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Conservative estimate

Checked by AAP FactCheck29 Jan 2020Australia Health

Social media posts

“A Facebook post from January 27, 2020 claims coronavirus has contaminated a list of food products and that several Sydney train stations "have shown positive readings to the virus".”

AAP FactCheck rated this: False

Checked by AAP FactCheck24 Jan 2020Australia Politics and government

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton

“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has stated his Cabinet colleague, Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie, distributed sports grants funding based on recommendations from the government sports agency.”

AAP FactCheck rated this: False

Checked by AAP FactCheck22 Jan 2020Australia

Social media posts

“AAP FactCheck examined a claim that about 50 per cent of bushfires in Australia are deliberately lit.”

AAP FactCheck rated this: Partly false