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Australian Associated Press (AAP) FactCheck - politics and social media.

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The @aapfactcheck.bsky.social team has been working overtime to combat mis/disinformation about the Bondi shooting. There's much more to do, but here's are the debunks so far 🧵
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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A foreign run political disinfo operation is being shared widely in political discussion groups. The claims in the posts are absurd, but that hasn't stopped them from being believed.

The posts typically vindicate or boost pollies such as Hanson or Dutton at the expense of the Albanese government.
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’
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December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack says solar panels can't be recycled in Australia, but experts have thrown shade on that claim. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ex...
Experts say Nationals MP's solar panel recycling claim disconnected from facts
Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack says solar panels can't be recycled in Australia, but experts have thrown shade on that claim.
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May 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Outgoing Queensland senator Gerard Rennick claims global warming could not occur because it goes against the laws of physics, but experts say his claims misunderstand how CO2 warms the earth.
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Former senator's global warming claims misrepresent physics: experts
Outgoing Queensland senator Gerard Rennick claims global warming could not occur because it goes against the laws of physics, but experts say his claims misunderstand how CO2 warms the earth.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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The former deputy prime minister has accused the government's renewable energy investment scheme of underwriting projects even if they don't produce power, but experts say he's got it wrong.

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Experts pull plug on Barnaby Joyce's renewables scheme claim
The former deputy prime minister has accused the government's renewable energy investment scheme of underwriting projects even if they don't produce power, but experts say he's got it wrong.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Amid Labor's super tax proposal, Andrew Bragg and Jane Hume are claiming there has never been a tax on unrealised gains in Australian history, but experts say such taxes have been, and are, in place.

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Liberal senators falsely claim Australia has never taxed unrealised gains
Amid Labor's super tax proposal, Andrew Bragg and Jane Hume are claiming there has never been a tax on unrealised gains in Australian history, but experts say such taxes have been, and are, in place.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Claims that doubling atmospheric CO2 levels would only lead to global temperatures increasing by 0.35C are way off, experts say.

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Half-baked CO2 heating claim hugely understates potential global warming
Claims that doubling atmospheric CO2 levels would only lead to global temperatures increasing by 0.35C are way off, experts say.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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The minister said Liberal costings showed the party would've cut paid parental leave if it had won the election, but the proposal did not actually cut benefits or spending on parental leave payments.

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Plibersek misleads with claim that Liberal plan would've cut paid parental leave
The minister said Liberal costings showed the party would've cut paid parental leave if it had won the election, but the proposal did not actually cut benefits or spending on parental leave payments.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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False claims that the CSIRO is 50 per cent funded by private industry are contradicted by official financial records.

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No, CSIRO isn't half-funded by private companies
False claims that the CSIRO is 50 per cent funded by private industry are contradicted by official financial records.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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The prime minister says the coalition opposed all three rounds of energy bill relief, but that's not the case.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/al...
Albanese's claim coalition opposed all three rounds of energy bill relief is wrong
The prime minister says the coalition opposed all three rounds of energy bill relief, but that's not the case.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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The opposition leader claims Anthony Albanese's government has delivered just 17 homes, but the data shows that's incorrect.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/su...
Sussan Ley wrong on Labor's housing construction numbers
The opposition leader claims Anthony Albanese's government has delivered just 17 homes, but the data shows that's incorrect.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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A flurry of social media posts claim 1544 migrants are arriving daily, but experts and the ABS say the data likely used to spread the claim does not accurately measure migration.

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Claim 1544 migrants arrive daily misuses data: experts
A flurry of social media posts claim 1544 migrants are arriving daily, but experts and the ABS say the data likely used to spread the claim does not accurately measure migration.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Australia's energy minister is claiming renewables are now India's largest power source, bust most of its electricity still comes from coal.
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/mi...
Minister's claim on India's top electricity power source misleads
Australia's energy minister is claiming renewables are now India's largest power source, but most of its electricity still comes from coal.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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A Nationals senator's claim that the CSIRO has said coal is Australia's cheapest power source omits crucial details.
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Senator's 'cheapest form of electricity' claim misleads
A Nationals senator's claim that the CSIRO has said coal is Australia's cheapest power source omits crucial details.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Social media users are continuing to use border crossing data to measure migration, despite warnings from the public body behind the figures.

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Border crossing data not an accurate measure of migration
Social media users are continuing to use border crossing data to measure migration, despite warnings from the public body behind the figures.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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A senior Liberal MP has claimed investment has fallen off a cliff under Labor, but that's at odds with what official figures show.

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Data contradicts MP's claim investment has 'fallen off a cliff'
A senior Liberal MP has claimed investment has fallen off a cliff under Labor, but that's at odds with what official figures show.
www.aap.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM