AAP FactCheck Articles

Perrottet's phone ban claim doesn't quite ring true

The premier misleads by claiming mobile phones are banned from all classrooms.

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Minns omits key context in education outcomes claim

The NSW Labor leader has pointed to an international student assessment scheme to criticise the coalition on education. However, he misses out some crucial information.

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Senator wrong on Welcome to Country claim

Senator Alex Antic's claim falls down with the most cursory research of Aboriginal history.

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Post fumbles the funding facts on voice referendum

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of breaching referendum rules.

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Post misleads on Albanese's 1999 preamble speech

A social media post misleadingly claims the prime minister opposed Indigenous recognition in a preamble to the Constitution.

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NSW Labor MP in WestConnex support U-turn

Jo Haylen says she never opposed WestConnex but her record in local and state government shows otherwise.

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Parisian pension protest has nothing to do with NATO

A pro-Putin activist's fan page has falsely claimed pension reform protests were actually fuelled by anti-NATO sentiment.

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Doctor's vaccine claim fails to cough up the truth

A US physician has questioned the safety and effectiveness of the widely-administered whooping cough vaccine.

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Consultation numbers at the heart of senator's misleading claim

A senator has called into question the democratic mandate provided by the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

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Third-tier government claim is first-rate 'nonsense'

A Facebook video has claimed your local council is not actually authorised to act as a third tier of government.

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US physician mangles measles mortality

In an attempt to undermine the efficacy of vaccines, the risk of childhood measles has been wildly misrepresented.

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Cyclone Gabrielle death toll claim a wild exaggeration

Cyclone Gabrielle devastated the North Island in February but it didn't kill hundreds as multiple social posts claim.

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Experts in one voice over first Australians claim

Social media posts have argued that there is no need for a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament as Aboriginal people were not the first to settle in Australia.

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Albanese pension calculations not so easy-peasy

Social media users are amplifying false claims the prime minister is entitled to a $400,000 annual pension.

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US train disaster fires up toxic land-grab claims

Social media posts are spreading misinformation about the UN's sustainable development goals leading to government's seizing polluted land.

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Smart city ideas generate dumb dystopian fears

A Facebook post attempts to paint plans to improve urban planning in Victoria as a sinister way to control people's lives.

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WEF egg ban claim is simply crackers

A 'news' report has scrambled a study's findings while falsely frying the World Economic Forum.

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No evidence to support transgender claim

A Facebook video claims seven per cent of people across the world identify as a gender different to the one assigned to them at birth.

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5G microwave claim is well and truly cooked

It's been claimed that research has found people encounter more radiation next to a 5G tower than inside a microwave.

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Maple leaf flag ban in Canadian capital is make-believe

A social media video falsely claims it has become "illegal" to fly the famous maple leaf flag in Ottawa.

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