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  1. Adam Bandt says one in four people in poverty work full time. Is he correct?

    Greens MP Adam Bandt says that one in four of Australia's poor are in full-time employment. Is he correct?

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  1. Fact Check: Cancer costs

    "If you're receiving public treatment for your cancer, it is fully covered," Scott Morrison said during a recent leaders' debate. Is he correct?

  2. Fact Check: Wage growth

    It's a claim Labor has used throughout the election campaign. But as RMIT ABC Fact Check finds out, it's one that doesn't stack up.

  3. Fact Check: Childcare costs

    RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at Labor's claim on rising childcare costs under the Coalition, and finds it to be in the ballpark.

  4. Fact Check Zombie: Clive Palmer

    The United Australia Party wants to change the way companies pay their tax. But as RMIT ABC Fact Check found in 2013, such a change would be unlikely to give the economic boost the party is forecasting.

  5. Fact Check: Underemployment

    Bill Shorten says a million Australians are doing two jobs and a million are underemployed. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

  6. Fact Check: Education funding

    Labor says Scott Morrison cut $14bn from public schools while treasurer. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

  7. Fact Check: Towing power

    The Prime Minister said an electric vehicle won't tow a trailer and is not going to tow a boat. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

  8. Fact Check: Tax cuts

    Will $77 billion worth of Coalition tax cuts go to people earning more than $180,000, as Labor claims? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

  9. Fact checking the final leaders' debate

    RMIT ABC Fact Check looks at some of the strongest claims of the third and final federal election leaders' debate.

  10. Fact Check: Climate spending

    Richard Di Natale compared the Coalition's spending on the detention centre with new money set aside to fight climate change. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

  11. Fact Check Zombie: Franking credits

    Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is the latest member of the Coalition to make a misleading claim on franking credits and lower incomes, RMIT ABC Fact Check found.

  12. Fact Check: Second leaders' debate

    The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader clashed over climate change and taxation. Here's what RMIT ABC Fact Check found on some of the debate's key issues.

Analysis

  1. Facts fall by the wayside

    In the chase for votes, politicians have not let facts stand in their way, writes RMIT ABC Fact Check's Josh Gordon.

  2. Fact checking the leaders' debate

    Opposition Leader Bill Shorten won the audience vote in the first leaders' debate in Perth. But was the more persuasive leader also the more accurate?

Watch Fact Check

  1. Sorting fact from fiction in the 2019 election

    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.

  2. Fact Check: Bradfield Scheme

    Barnaby Joyce's suggestion to redirect floodwater to arid parts of the country would be costly, impractical and probably ineffective, experts say.

  3. Fact file: Women in parliament

    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.

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