Factcheck
Assessing claims made during the Australian election campaign and whether you can trust them
Factcheck: is Scott Morrison right about a minimum wage increase hurting inflation? - video
With the cost of living rising and wages stagnating, Anthony Albanese supports lifting the minimum wage by 5.1%. But Scott Morrison says this will make inflation worse. Is he right? Antoun Issa checks the facts.
Factcheck: are Pauline Hanson’s claims of voter fraud in Australian elections true? – video
Pauline Hanson’s campaign made a video that includes allegations of voter fraud in past elections. The Australian Electoral Commission asked social networks to remove the video but not before it got at least 200,000 views. Antoun Issa goes through Hanson’s claims one at a time and checks the facts.
Factcheck: is Labor introducing a 'sneaky' carbon tax? - video
The Coalition is accusing Labor of trying to sneak in a carbon tax. Antoun Issa checks the facts and looks into who actually came up with this idea, what it was called and how it fits into the bigger picture of climate policy in Australia in the lead-up to the 2022 federal election
Factcheck: will transitioning to clean energy cost jobs? – video
The Coalition signed up to net zero emissions by 2050 which transitioning from fossil fuels. Barnaby Joyce has come out saying he’s refusing to use the word “transition” because he thinks transitioning to cleaner energy means job losses, but is this true?
