Organisation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Acronym:
ABC
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Fact Check: Is Australia's population growth mostly the result of migration, and is that underpinning the budget?


One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has labelled the Morrison Government's immigration-cutting agenda a "marketing ploy", and claims the budget "is built off mass migration".
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Fact Check: Does Australia have one of the least generous paid parental leave schemes in the OECD?


Advocacy group Parents At Work says Australia's approach to paid parental leave is lagging other nations and "requires an urgent rethink".
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Fact Check: Why Luke Howarth's claims on homelessness in Australia get mixed verdicts


Assistant Minister for Homelessness Luke Howarth says he wants to put a "positive spin" on homelessness, and claims that not only are very few people homeless, but on several measures the numbers are improving.
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Fact Check: Are there really 54,000 people employed in thermal coal mining?


Nationals Party Deputy Leader Bridget McKenzie says coal exports will remain critical to regional communities and the economy, and claims that the thermal coal industry employs 54,000 people.
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Fact Check: Are there only 130 Australians of non-Chinese heritage who can speak Mandarin proficiently?


Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen claims that among Australia's population of 25 million, just 130 people of non-Chinese heritage can speak Mandarin at a level good enough to do business.