Labor’s shadow environment minister, Mark Butler, said Australia is now “pretty much the only major advanced economy where pollution levels are going up, not coming down.” Is that right?
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Was Greens MP Adam Bandt right to say that the Liberals made $105 million worth of cuts to the Australia Council?
Was Immigration Minister Peter Dutton right about refugees’ literacy and numeracy?
Among Labor’s most popular refrains is the claim that the government has cut $80 billion from schools and hospitals. Is it true?
ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie said that the level of unemployment payment hasn’t been increased in Australia in over 20 years. Is that true?
Election FactCheck will explain key issues in the 2016 campaign, while aiming to keep politicians honest and voters better informed.
Australian Council of Social Service chief Cassandra Goldie told Q&A that Australia is among the lowest-taxing countries in the OECD. Is that accurate?
Is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull right to say that Labor plans to increase taxes by A$100 billion over ten years?
FactCheck unpacks claims that Labor has a $19.5 billion black hole in its economic plan.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said that when the Coalition lost government in 2007, Australia was owed billions by the world – but that when the Coalition regained power in 2013, Australia was in debt. Is that right?
Writer and social commentator Jane Caro told Q&A that Australia has one of the most unequal education systems in the OECD. Is that right?
New report says households will be £4,300 worse off if we leave the EU. Here’s the verdict.
After Labor proposed a royal commission into the banking industry, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has all the powers of a royal commission and more. Is that right?
Liberal Party backbencher Sharman Stone told the Q&A audience that Australia has some of the highest rates per capita of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world. We check the research.
Was Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, right to say that evidence shows better pay for truck drivers will improve safety?
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that two-thirds of all industrial disputes in Australia are in construction, and that construction industrial disputes are up since the ABCC closed. Is that right?
A partisan media landscape has made it almost impossible for journalists to avoid charges of bias when calling out a candidate’s dishonesty.
Entrepreneur and CEO, Holly Ransom, told the Q&A audience that it now takes a young person 4.7 years to find employment after graduating. Is that right?
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg told Q&A that Australia has the highest number of solar panels on people’s roofs per capita anywhere in the world. Is that right?
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said that casual employment has not increased in Australia for the past 18 years. Is that right?
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Peter Whiteford es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific Research) ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
