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Clive Palmer, United Australia Party chairman

“The United Australia Party under Clive Palmer claims three former prime ministers as its own”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Nonsense

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Palmer's claim is nonsense. The original United Australia Party was a political party established in 1931 and formally disbanded in 1945. Experts told Fact Check that many members then transferred to the Liberal Part…

Team PAC, Super PAC

“Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: A bill Schmitt sponsored originally called for $480 million in tax credits, not state expenditures, for the Missouri hub. A law he voted for allows for limited foreign ownership of Missouri agricultural land.

Anne Ruston, Minister for Social Services

“Our particular [national integrity commission] bill suggests that the powers of the commission are well in excess of a royal commission.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overblown

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Ruston's claim is overblown. While the new body would have some powers comparable to those of a royal commission, it cannot be said that its overall powers would be "well in excess". The Royal Commissions Act is…

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Richard Colbeck appeared at a Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 "on many, many occasions".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison is wrong. At the time of Mr Morrison's claim on January 28, Senator Colbeck had appeared at only two of 55 public hearings of the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19.