“A lot of people have been dispossessed of their lands in Australia because of the Mabo decision and native title”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Baseless
Pauline Hanson
One Nation leader. 3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2018 to 2019. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“Australia's population growth mostly the result of migration, and that is underpinning the federal budget”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Close to the mark
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Hanson's claim is close to the mark. Official figures put Australia's population at the end of 2018 at more than 25 million people. This was an increase, as Senator Hanson points out, of more than 400,000 year o…
“Asylum seekers on Nauru have not proven themselves to be genuine refugees”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Hanson is wrong. The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers currently on Nauru have been deemed to be refugees by the Nauruan Government in accordance with international law and the United Nations refugee conve…