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April 20, 2016

Fact Check: do the Treasury’s Brexit numbers add up?

Nauro Campos, Brunel University London

New report says households will be £4,300 worse off if we leave the EU. Here's the verdict.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fields questions from reporters in Dover, New Hampshire. Brian Snyder/Reuters

April 5, 2016

When covering elections, journalists face a debilitating dilemma

Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University

A partisan media landscape has made it almost impossible for journalists to avoid charges of bias when calling out a candidate's dishonesty.

Is it possible to combat disinformation spread by Donald Trump? EPA/Erik S. Lesser

March 23, 2016

How to inoculate people against Donald Trump’s fact bending claims

John Cook, The University of Queensland and Margaret Crane, The University of Queensland

Donald Trump has been known to spread misinformation. This gives us a great opportunity to hone our critical thinking skills.

Tertiary education is of both private and significant public benefit. AAP Image/Julian Smith

January 29, 2015

Fact Check: is tertiary education of private benefit?

Tim Pitman, Curtin University

** I’ve always argued that tertiary education is a private benefit, I’m happy for taxpayer funding of primary and secondary education but tertiary education results in a higher salary. - Senator David…

To find out if the carbon price worked, you have to look at the electricity sector. Paul Hocksenar/Flickr

January 21, 2015

FactCheck: did carbon emissions fall faster before the carbon price?

Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne

Emissions fell by six times the rate in the five years before the carbon tax than they did under the carbon tax. – Environment minister Greg Hunt, The Guardian, January 17, 2015. Australia’s total greenhouse…

Top contributors

Mike Sandiford
Chair of Geology & Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne
Peter Christoff
Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
John Cook
Climate Communication Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
Tim Pitman
Researcher in Higher Education Policy, Curtin University
Gwilym Croucher
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
Jonathan Perraton
Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
Nauro Campos
Professor of Economics and Finance, Brunel University London
Margaret Crane
Research and Innovation Officer, The University of Queensland
Justin Buchler
Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University