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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fact Check: Have abortions after 20 weeks increased 39 per cent in Victoria post-decriminalisation?


Opposing a bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW, legal academics from the University of Adelaide write an op-ed claiming that Victoria saw a substantial rise in post-20 week abortions after it passed similar legislation.
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Fact Check: Pauline Hanson says a lot of people have been dispossessed of their lands due to the Mabo decision. Is she correct?


Arguing that Indigenous constitutional recognition would further entrench Aboriginal land rights, One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson claims that the High Court's 1992 native title decision led to many people being dispossessed of their lands.
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Fact Check: The Hawks and the Giants played AFL in the snow, but was it the first time ever?


As snow began to fall at Canberra's Manuka Oval during a Friday night Australian rules football match, a commentator asked if it had ever before snowed before during an AFL game.
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Fact Check: Are marks to get into teaching getting lower and lower?


Opposition education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek, who has long expressed concerns about the quality of teacher education courses in Australia, says marks to get into teaching are getting lower and lower. Is that right?
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Fact Check: Why our trains and roads are likely to remain congested, despite immigration freeze


The Coalition has promised to ease the pressure on Australia's major cities by imposing a "freeze" on immigration levels. So why does the Government's own budget predict an increase in new migrants over the next four years?