Claim OwnershipABC Fact Check video
Subscribed: 45Played: 2,233
Subscribe
© Copyright 2023, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Description
ABC Fact Check determines the accuracy of claims by politicians, public figures, advocacy groups and institutions engaged in the public debate.
57 Episodes
Reverse
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus says labour's share of GDP is the lowest it's been since the 1960s.
Tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes says Australia makes up 5 per cent of carbon emissions, when we factor in our exports of fossil fuels.
Opposition spokeswoman for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, says Australia's constitution is the only constitution of a first world nation with a colonial history that doesn't recognise its first people. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says his party, the Nationals, represents the poorest seats. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Liberal backbencher Trent Zimmerman says Australia lacks a law that prohibits discrimination because of their religious beliefs. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says renewables plus storage is cheaper than coal or nuclear for new power generation.
Senator for Queensland Matt Canavan says that hook turns are a "stupid" way to manage urban traffic flows. Are they?
The chief executive of advocacy group National Shelter says Australia has a "severe housing problem" caused by a lack of social housing, saying it has fallen to a low of 4.2 per cent from a high of 7.1 per cent. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
RMIT ABC Fact Check's promise tracker is coming back in 2019, and we want to know the promises that you want tracked.
Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services Luke Howarth gave a controversial interview where he tried to put a "positive spin" on homelessness. We fact checked his claims.
Former Labor minister Stephen Conroy says the trip from Sydney to Melbourne in an electric vehicle cannot be done easily. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
While the politicians have been campaigning, RMIT Fact Check has been working hard checking their claims, to provide clarity to you at the ballot box.
Who got their facts wrong, and who was correct in 2018?
The Liberal Party is in the midst of a discussion over women's representation in the parliamentary party. Madeleine Morris has a quick explainer on the last two decades.
Who was responsible for the abolition of the White Australia policy? Politicians on both sides of the divide have at various times claimed it for their party. Here's Madeleine Morris with the facts.
Deputy Liberal Leader Josh Frydenberg says that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's first cabinet has additional representation of women.
In his first speech to Parliament, Katter's Australian Party senator Fraser Anning made a number of contested claims. Fact Check takes a look at three of them in this Fraser Anning special.
Katter's Australian Party senator Fraser Anning says that international student visas should be reduced, which he says would create more university places for Australian students.
Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton says that asylum seekers who get to New Zealand can then travel to Australia and receive a visa on arrival. Is he correct?
Coca-Cola Amatil group managing director Alison Watkins says that sugar consumption has fallen whilst obesity rates have risen, and that this means neither sugar nor sugar-sweetened drinks are responsible. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Comments
Top Podcasts
The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States