“Mining employs Indigenous people at a greater rate than any other industry.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Yes, but more to it
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Matt Canavan
Senator. 3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2018 to 2020. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“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…
“[The proposed changes to Queensland's abortion laws] would be some of the most radical and extreme legislation of abortions in the world, and it would allow, effectively … unrestricted abortions beyond 22 weeks.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Baseless
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Canavan's claim is baseless. Experts told Fact Check that the bill before Parliament contained clear restrictions on abortions after 22 weeks' gestation. While abortions would be available on request up to 22 we…