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Fact file: Historical traits of Melbourne Cup winners
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It's that time of year when Australians try and pick the winner of the race that stops a nation: the Melbourne Cup.
But how often does the favourite actually win? Can you back a winner based on colours?
ABC Fact Check examines the statistics since the first Melbourne Cup in 1861.
Topics: gambling, horse-racing, australia, melbourne-3000
Fast facts
- As at January 1, 2015, the percentage of female federal parliamentarians was 30.5 per cent (excluding vacant seats), compared with 28.3 per cent on the same day in 2006.
- In 2014, the suburb of Acton in the ACT recorded the highest proportion of the 'iGeneration' (8-27 years old) with 75.9 per cent of the population.
- In 2014 there was a 16 per cent decrease in the number of robbery victims in Australia, falling from 11,711 in 2013 to a five-year low of 9,886 people. However, there was a 3.3 percent increase in the number of sexual assault victims in Australia, from 20,025 in 2013 to a five-year high of 20,677.
- Electricity generation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, accounting for 33% of all emissions in the year to March 2015.
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