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ABC Fact Check determines the accuracy of claims by politicians, public figures, advocacy groups and institutions engaged in the public debate.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | CleanVideoFact checking the election: How do the records of the Coalition and Labor compare? | How does the record of our politicians stack up over the campaign, and over Fact Check's entire history? | 6/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | CleanVideoFact check: Has Australia's internet speed dropped from 30th to 60th in the world under the Coalition? | Opposition communications spokesman Jason Clare says that Australia's world ranking for internet speeds has dropped from 30th to 60th in the time the Coalition has been in office. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 6/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoFact check: Is wages growth now the lowest since records began? | Labor's 10-year economic plan says that "wages growth is now the lowest it's been since records began". ABC Fact Check investigates | 6/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoFact check: Would a vote among under 30s possibly deliver a Greens PM? | Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says a vote amongst under 30s could possibly deliver a Greens PM. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 6/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoFact check: Are there 'over a million 457s' in Australia? | Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie says that there are "over a million" 457 visas in Australia. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 6/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoFact check: Have bulk billing rates increased under the Coalition? | Cabinet minister Josh Frydenberg says bulk billing rates have increased while the Coalition has been in government. ABC Fact Check runs the numbers. | 5/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoFact check: Did the Government triple the deficit and is debt $100b higher? | Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong says that the Coalition has tripled the deficit, and that debt is $100b higher than when Labor left office. | 5/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideoPromise Tracker: How does the Coalition's record stack up as the nation heads to a new election? | ABC Fact Check has tracked 78 of the promises that the Coalition made before the 2013 election — check the tally to see which promises the Coalition kept, and those that fell short of the mark. | 5/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoFact check: Would building workers have less rights than ice dealers under ABCC laws? | The CFMEU has launched a high profile campaign opposing the reintroduction of the ABCC, claiming that construction workers would have less rights than ice dealers. | 4/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoFact check: Has the Coalition taken billions of dollars from hospitals and not put it back? | Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says that the Federal Government took billions of dollars from hospitals, and hasn't given it back. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 4/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoFact check: Is Labor's increased tobacco excise a 'workers tax'? | Former prime minister Tony Abbott says Labor's proposed increases to tobacco excise constitute a "workers tax". ABC Fact Check investigates. | 3/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | CleanVideoFact check: Has the number of people coming to Australia on 457 visas declined under the Coalition after doubling under Labor? | Federal Employment Minister Michaelia Cash says "the number of 457 people coming to Australia has declined from that under Labor, where it effectively doubled when Labor was in office." ABC Fact Check investigates. | 3/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | CleanVideoFact file: Senate voting reforms | The Government's Senate voting reforms are fervently opposed by some of the crossbench. But what do they mean for voters? ABC Fact Check takes a closer look. | 3/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | CleanVideoFact check: What do the proposed Senate voting changes mean for above the line voting? | Does the NSW experience show that most people chose to vote for only one party when voting reforms were introduced and is that experience relevant to the Senate reforms? ABC Fact Check investigates. | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | CleanVideoFact check: Do most negative gearers earn a modest income? | Treasurer Scott Morrison says most people who use negative gearing earn a "modest" income. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 3/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | CleanVideoFact File: An interactive snapshot of Australia's homeless problem over time | Some 105,200 Australians are without a home. Homelessness is a loss of a sense of security, stability, privacy, safety or the ability to control your living space. | 2/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | CleanVideoGet fact: The year in fact checking 2015 | ABC Fact Check takes a look back at the facts and furphies of 2015, our most popular claims and of course, the coveted Golden Zombie. | 12/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | CleanVideoWatch Barnaby Joyce make the claim on Q&A. | Deputy Leader of the Nationals says his party's "constituents are the poorest, that's one thing we do know and so we are always looking out for them". | 12/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoFact check: Does Australia export cleaner coal than many other countries? | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia's export coal "by and large, is cleaner than the coal in many other countries". ABC Fact Check investigates. | 11/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | CleanVideoFact check: Does Australia export cleaner coal than many other countries? | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia exports "by and large" cleaner coal than other countries. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 11/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoMalcolm Turnbull makes the claim at a press conference. | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that Australia's coal is ""by and large, is cleaner than the coal in many other countries". | 11/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | CleanVideoFact check: Was superannuation designed to get people off the pension? | Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer has suggested that the "whole objective behind the superannuation system" is for people to be able to live on their superannuation savings without recourse to the age pension. ABC Fact Check investigates. | 11/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | CleanVideoWatch Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer make the claim on ABC Insiders | Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer says that Australia's superannuation system was "set up to be an alternative to the aged pension so that people didn't have to rely upon the aged pension or even the part pension". | 11/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | CleanVideoPaul Keating speaks to the AGSM on superannuation | Watch the ABC 7:30 report of the attention-grabbing speech which Paul Keating gave on July 25, 1991, six months after resigning as treasurer. | 11/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoWatch Scott Morrison make the claim at the Economic and Social Outlook Conference | Treasurer Scott Morrison says Australia "relies more on income tax (personal and company) than any other country in the OECD except Denmark". | 11/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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