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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Has Trump Calling Australian PM Albanese The R-Word — Fabricated Image
Did U.S. President Donald Trump call Australian PM Anthony Albanese a "total RETARD" in a post on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A fabricated screenshot of such a post, in which Trump accused Albanese of "running the country into the
Full Fact→ Video of police officers being assaulted is from Australia, not England
Misleading claims that the footage showed an incident in the UK have been circulating on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Google Earth Video Does NOT Reveal Unknown ‘Conspiracy’ Feature In Australia; It Shows Established Naval Station
Does a Google Earth video reveal an unknown "conspiracy" feature in Western Australia? No, that's not true: The video shows a well-known and long-established military installation in northwestern Australia. Naval Communication Station Har
Full Fact→ Australia has not declared George Soros a ‘global terrorist’
A false social media post about the financier is circulating online again.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Crowds In Australia Greeting Assange On His Return In 2024 — Scene Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show crowds gathered in Australia to greet Julian Assange on his return in June 2024? No, that's not true: The video was published in 2023, showing footage from crowds at the May 20 Sydney Freedom March. The v
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Pfizer didn’t sue Australian former naturopath Barbara O’Neill over bird flu secrets
Pfizer sued Barbara O’Neill “because she exposed secrets that will keep everyone safe from the bird flu outbreak.”
Full Fact→ Austrian airports don’t have counters for passengers who meant to fly to Australia
False claims that Salzburg or Vienna airports have desks to help passengers who accidentally fly to Austria instead of Australia have been recirculating online.
Full Fact→ Immigration quote misattributed to former Australian prime minister
The same quote has been falsely attributed to President Trump in the past.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Government Did NOT Advocate COVID-19 Vaccination Without Consent During Sedation
Did the Australian government recommend vaccinating patients for COVID-19 without consent, while the patient was under sedation? No, that's not true: There is no official support for such a claim. The Australian Technical Advisory Group o
Logically→ No, Australian state hasn’t banned phrase ‘free Palestine, from the river to the sea’
Logically→ Unrelated visuals of Indian women’s hockey win shared as ‘revenge against Australia’
Logically→ No, Australia’s Travis Head did not dedicate Cricket World Cup victory to Palestine
Logically→ Ricky Ponting did not say Australia’s World Cup victory is ‘win against cricket mafia’
Logically→ Ricky Ponting did not say Australia’s World Cup victory is ‘win against cricket mafia’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Government Did NOT Announce Investment Opportunity — It’s Scam Video
Did the Australian TV network 9News report that the Australian Securities Exchange and Reserve Bank of Australia had announced a new financial platform that could enable investors to earn 30,000 Australian dollars each month? No, that's n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Salzburg, Austria, Airport Does NOT Have A Counter For Stranded Travelers Who Intended To Fly To Australia
Does the Salzburg, Austria, airport have a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia? No, that's not true: A meme originated from a satirical ad campaign positioned at the baggage claim in the Salzburg airport. The ad, f
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, an Austrian airport doesn’t have a desk for travelers who thought they were going to Australia
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Full Fact→ Salzburg Airport does not have a help desk for passengers who mistakenly fly to Austria instead of Australia
Millions of people have viewed this claim on social media.
Logically→ Old video shared as recent U.S. military aircraft crash in Australia
Full Fact→ Picture doesn’t show Australian Navy ramming ‘illegal immigrant’ boat
A widely-shared photo shows two large ships trapping a smaller boat.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Employees In Australia Did NOT Receive Different COVID-19 Vaccines Than Public
Did Pfizer employees in Australia receive a special batch of imported COVID-19 vaccines that were different from what the public was given? No, that's not true: Pfizer global media relations told Lead Stories that the pharmaceutical and b
Full Fact→ How many doctors are moving to Australia?
We looked into viral claims and figures cited by the Prime Minister about how many doctors move to Australia and how many stay in the NHS.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely suggest Australian birth-rate drop was caused by COVID vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Video of fire at a parking lot in Australia linked to protests in France
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Doctored photo appears to show Australian TV host David Koch under arrest
A photo shows Australian TV host David Koch being detained by police.
Full Fact→ Hoax post about injured dog uses picture taken in Australia
A picture of a dog reported found in a County Durham Facebook group was actually taken in Australia in 2019.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Designation ‘L17-A’ Found On Streetlight In South Australia Does NOT Reveal Conspiracy To Alter Human DNA
Does a number code printed on a streetlight match that of a ribosomal protein and does this show that mRNA from the COVID-19 vaccines can be activated using optogenetic technology if a vaccinated person is exposed to the light from the st
Logically→ No, the Australian government isn’t killing bees to increase government control and wipe out pollination
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikTok Video Is NOT Real Bill Gates TV Interview – It’s Deepfake Of Australian Show
Did Sarah Ferguson, the host of the Australian daily current affairs news program "7.30," pose several testy and loaded questions to Bill Gates when she interviewed him, resulting in Gates finally declaring, "OK that's enough. This interv
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 17% increase in deaths in Australia in 2022
In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sign about Australia law requiring a helmet to jog is part of a running joke
In Australia, "All joggers must wear a helmet.”
Logically→ Photo captures a recent protest in Australia against the Adani group of companies.
Though the photo is from a protest against the Adani group in Australia, it was taken in 2017 when locals were campaigning against a coal mine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Health Data Do NOT Show COVID Vaccinations Increase Risk Of Hospitalization
Do health data from the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) show the more doses of COVID-19 vaccine a person has had, the more likely they are to end up in the intensive care unit (ICU)? No, that's not true: Health officials and med
Logically→ Australia has introduced a social credit system for people to access the internet via a digital ID.
Australia is not introducing a social credit system. Unimplemented legislative proposals from 2021 to tackle online abuse have been misinterpreted.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arizona Ballots Spilling From Trash Cans — Scene Was In Australia Two Months Before US Midterm Elections
Does a video show Arizona ballots falling out of trash can on an escalator, implying possible election fraud? No, that's not true: The footage, taken in Australia, was uploaded two months before the November 2022 Arizona mid-term election
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this Hunter Biden story wasn’t ‘front page news in Australia’
“Biden ‘child porn’ shock” headline was “front page news in Australia.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, mRNA vaccines aren’t being used on livestock in Australia
Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines."
Full Fact→ Facebook post about injured dog in Tyneside uses old picture from Australia
Multiple posts claim the dog was found in different UK locations.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccines For Livestock Are NOT Mandated For Australian Farmers As Of October 2022
Are Australian farmers being forced to inject livestock with mRNA vaccines that are killing cows? No, that's not true: Some biotechnology firms and governments have announced plans to research and eventually roll out less expensive and mo