“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
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“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
“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
“AAP FactCheck examined a claim that about 50 per cent of bushfires in Australia are deliberately lit.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Partly false
“Labor shadow assistant minister for Treasury Andrew Leigh claims that Australians spend twice as much on superannuation fees as electricity.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says the case of a Tamil asylum-seeker family facing deportation is costing Australian taxpayers ‘millions”.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false.
“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claims there has been a 130 per cent rise in self-harm incidents since the so-called Medevac bill took effect on March 1, 2019.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton
“One Nation senator and leader Pauline Hanson claims that mass shootings happen more often in France, Switzerland and Finland than in the United States.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false.
“Did visiting UK activist Raheem Kassam described the Koran as ‘fundamentally evil’ and Islam as a ‘fascistic ideology”?”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“There’s 462,000 people that are unemployed in Australia and a lot more that are underemployed and looking for more work.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false
“NSW Council of Social Service chief executive Joanna Quilty claims NSW has a growing homeless population and a social housing waiting list of 60,000 people waiting up to 10 years.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“Queensland treasurer Jackie Trad claims the number Adani coal mine jobs is equal to just 0.005 per cent of all jobs facilitated over the past four years by the state Labor government”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false
“Labor agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon claims agricultural productivity has remained flat for almost a decade.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Prime Minister Scott Morrison claims 95 per cent of jobs created in the past year have been full-time positions.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Misleading - The claim is true but somewhat misleading.
“National Party deputy leader Senator Bridget McKenzie claims Australians had taken to renewables “with open arms” and her government should be congratulated for its costed climate change policy.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false.
“Senator Cory Bernardi accuses Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews of spending more than Clive Palmer on federal election advertising.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False -The checkable claims are all false.
“Immigration Minister David Coleman claims there will be no limit to the number of people entering Australia for up to 10 years under Labor’s long-stay parent visa policy.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“Former Greens leader Bob Brown claims the greenhouse gases from his Hobart- Queensland Adani protest convoy will amount to less than 30 seconds of emissions from the future mine.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claims Australia’s economy is growing faster than any country in the G7, bar the US.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“NSW health spokesman Walt Secord claims nurse-led medical centres are a proven cure for overcrowded emergency departments.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Mostly false - Mostly false with one minor element of truth.