“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
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“Liberal MP Craig Kelly claims that only a third of CO2 emissions come from electricity generation.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Gladys Liu, the first Chinese-Australian female federal MP, claimed more than half of her Melbourne electorate of Chisholm were born outside Australia”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - the checkable claim is true
“Water Minister Melinda Pavey claims taking shorter showers will significantly help save dwindling water supplies in drought-affected NSW.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - the checkable claim is true.
“Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen claims a report from property investment analysts SQM research shows rents will rise under a coalition government as well.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claims Paul Keating mismanaged the Australian economy around 1988 when he joined the Liberal Party.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“NSW Liberal candidate for Gilmore Warren Mundine claims a Labor government will force home owners and renovators to outlay thousands of dollars installing electric vehicle charging stations, whether or not the owner has an electric car.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“Independent NSW MP for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps claims that around nine million tonnes of plastic rubbish ends up in the ocean every year.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers claims Labor’s $500 million pledge to upgrade hospital emergency departments is desperately needed to improve wait times.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false.
“Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia needs more new young farmers to support men on the land whose average age is over 60”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claim is false
“Labor MP for Lyons Brian Mitchell claims the government's record on road infrastructure in Tasmania amounts to nought”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - All the checkable elements are false
“One Nation senator Peter Georgiou claims Western Australia has the nation's highest unemployment rate and is not receiving its fair share of a government program to subsidise apprenticeships.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Mostly False - Mostly false with one minor element of truth
“Labor health spokesperson Catherine King claims one in five senior Australians have none of their own teeth and one in two suffers from moderate to severe gum disease.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“Industry Super Australia chairman Greg Combet claims Australia’s superannuation pool is growing faster than GDP and the ASX.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.
“One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says twenty-five per cent of land in Tasmania is foreign owned and 30 per cent in the Northern Territory.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian claims NSW residents have the cheapest power bills in the country.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“A state Labor election advertisement claims NSW households pay the most expensive power costs in the developed world.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard claims the number of patients attending emergency in NSW hospitals has risen 42 per cent since 2010 and the percentage of serious cases has also increased.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Mostly False - Mostly false with one minor element of truth.
“NSW Labor leader Michael Daley accuses the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Trust, of aiding the demolition of Sydney's Allianz Stadium by ripping out the stadium’s fire sprinklers “under the cover of darkness”. The SCG Trust disputes the claim.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“Health Minister Brad Hazzard claims NSW beats all the other states and territories in delivering on-time elective surgery, a measure which the AMA NSW believes is limited and does not provide a true picture.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claims are all true.