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Claim 20,000 NZ nurses walked over mandates is fanciful

It's claimed New Zealand hospitals are struggling to cope because thousands of nurses resigned rather than getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Senator's garlic cure claim smells a little strange

A study is being misrepresented to suggest the humble garlic bulb could have put an end to the COVID pandemic.

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Garlic COVID cure claim crushed by experts

Recent research findings have been misinterpreted by social media users, who claim it proves garlic can cure COVID-19.

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Video stresses wrong reason for COVID court case failure

A social media post claims a Victorian judge rejected legal action relating to Daniel Andrews due to the stress it might cause the premier.

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Global temperature data leaves climate sceptic out in the cold

A climate change sceptic cherry-picks multiple dates in history to downplay global warming, but widely available data proves him wrong.

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Years of vaccine research data ignored in coronavirus rant

A speaker at a conference dominated by anti-vaxxers claims scientific research shows vaccines don't work against coronaviruses.

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Secret documents claim misleads on the voice

A claim Australians will be forced to pay various taxes and levies to the Indigenous voice to parliament misrepresents consultation documents.

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Abbott deducts context on 'no' vote's tax status

Former Liberal PM Tony Abbott was technically right to say the Labor government hadn't granted a special tax status to the 'no' campaign, but only because it hadn't applied.

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Cardiologists give cayenne pepper heart cure a chilli reception

Facebook posts claim ingesting cayenne pepper can stop a heart attack, but their sources have little credibility.

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Digital land titles claim is certified nonsense

A perplexing claim has been made about digital land titles, the constitution and the proposed Indigenous voice to parliament.

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Crudely created claims sickly twist sex education for children

Global conspiracy theorists are bizarrely claiming child sex education guides are encouraging toddlers to have sexual partners.

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Fifty per cent tax claim is 100 per cent rubbish

It's being claimed that documents released under Freedom of Information laws reveal several major proposals to be made by the voice to parliament.

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COVID jab compensation leaflet is pure imagination

Misinformation is being spread about the UK government paying vast sums to people injured after receiving a COVID vaccination.

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Vintage photo posts should be relegated to history

What appears to be a thoughtful post about reuniting a stranger with vintage photographs is designed to trick well-meaning Facebook users into sharing content.

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Voice private company claim is silly business

Confusion over a small Sydney startup has sparked a series of viral posts spreading misinformation about the voice to parliament.

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Linking voice to nefarious republic plans is bananas

It is being claimed that changing the constitution will secretly allow the Labor government to turn Australia into a republic.

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Post clueless on Indigenous treaty consultations

There are claims the state government is ramming through an Indigenous treaty without talking to the public.

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Health minister wrong on nurses' pay comparison

The NZ health minister has wrongly claimed the country's nurses now get the same base salary as their Australian contemporaries.

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Demons they/them claim is pronoun-ced rubbish

A viral post is pointing to various books of the New Testament to claim Biblical demons use gender-neutral pronouns.

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Stoker's voice claim misleads on executive law

The former assistant minister to the attorney-general claims litigation could be a real possibility if representations of the voice are not considered.

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