The first photo of Fort Denison was taken prior to 1885, according to the State Library of NSW, which has the original image in its archives. The distinctive tower structure on the island was completed in 1857. The Bureau of Meteorology has sea level reading records dating back to 1914 for Fort Denison.
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The “URGENT WARNING” post has previously circulated on social media. In May 2019, news website 10 daily noticed the post trending and labelled its claim as “fake” in a report. The warning post was shared by the page Queensland Through Your Eyes before the content was removed.
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Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and philosopher who ruled between 161 and 180 AD. He was one of the most prominent Stoic philosophers and is best known for the book Meditations, his personal writings and ideas on the Greek philosophy. Stoicism was a school of thought and ethics that helped one live a virtuous life by surmounting fears and false desires. The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius looks over Rome from Capitoline Hill.
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Professor Peter Whiteford from the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy told AAP FactCheck the claim “is a longstanding ‘myth’ i.e. there is an element of fact behind it but overall it is not correct”.
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Variations of the December calendar post claiming different months containing days of the week with five-day combinations have been circulating on the internet and social media since at least 2010. This claimed "phenomenon" was debunked in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and again in 2018.
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The next wave of broadband technology is coming to Australia via the 5G network. The term 5G means “fifth generation” mobile network and it is expected “to offer about 10 times the bandwidth of the current 4G networks”, according to consumer comparison and research website Canstar.
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In 2017, the Turnbull coalition government proposed a change to Australia’s anti-discrimination laws to replace the words “offend” and “insult” with the term “harass” in section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
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Risks associated with sharing holiday pics on social media have been flagged by insurers in the past. In 2016, insurer GIO commissioned a survey of 3,283 Australians and found 50 per cent posted updates to their social media accounts while away on holiday.
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The purported image of a fighter jet pilot taking the selfie reveals there is no protective canopy over the F-16 fighter jet. Although the canopy on F-16s are transparent, light reflecting on the shield should indicate there is a protective barrier for the pilot but nothing is shown in the photo. The edges around the three following F-16 jets also appear to be blurred.
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