for questions about claims based in Australia, or limited to Australia.
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Did Pfizer Australia give its employees different COVID-19 vaccinations to the general public?
A conspiracy-minded Facebook friend recently linked to the (Australian) Therapeutics Goods Administration's Batch release assessment of COVID-19 vaccines.
It lists seven batches of the COMIRNATY vaccine (e.g. batches FF0884*, FA4598* and FE3064*)…
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Will the new Royal Adelaide Hospital have a Muslim-only prayer room while other religions share?
This meme is making the rounds:
The new Royal Adelaide Hospital will have an exclusive Muslim prayer room, while all other religions will have to use a common area.
Share if you think this is a disgrace.
Leaving aside whether it would be a…
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Is the Australia Post CEO the highest paid postal executive on the planet?
There has been a lot of noise recently about how much the Australia post CEO (Ahmed Fahour) earns. One of the statements I came across was in this image that states he is the highest paid postal executive on the planet.
(This photo was found on…
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Is food handled in China but available in Australia less safe than food handled in Australia?
Recently, there's been an incident involving frozen berries handled in China spreading Hepatitis A in Australia.
People are responding to this by arguing for better labeling of where food products are from, so that people can choose not to buy food…
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Was the penal system used to colonise Australia?
A claim was made by Margaret Atwood on the Stranger Than Fiction podcast that the British had a strategy to colonise Australia via the penal system. That is, their motivation for sending criminals to the Australian penal colony in order to force a…
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Was 10-year old Australian girl assigned homework to discuss erections and ejaculations with her father?
The Paradise writes
Australian MP: 10-year-old School Girls Assigned Homework to Ask Their Dads About “Erections and Ejaculation”
Original clip about the matter can be viewed on channel claiming to be Official YouTube channel of Bernie Finn MP -…
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Is Coober Pedy derived from an Aboriginal phrase for "White man in a hole"?
Coober Pedy is an opal mining town in the middle of nowhere in Australia. It's very hot, and lots of people live underground. I've frequently heard that it means "White man in a hole" in a local Aboriginal language. Example claim:
The town's name…
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Was there a time when the RSL banned Japanese cars from their carparks?
From Prime Minister - Address at CEDA's 2014 State of the Nation Conference, Parliament House, Canberra
Prime Minister Menzies for instance opened up trade with Japan at a time when Japanese cars were still banned from RSL club car parks.
and in…
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Did a war memorial in Australia have a Japanese flag on the floor to trample?
From twitter:
Australia's 'HATE' against JPN; War memorial hall in Sydney require
visiters to trample down JP flag./ @mizubasyo シドニ
"シドニ" is Japanese for "Sydney".
Is this photo from a war memorial in Australia?
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Has a carbon price lead to a 8.6 percent drop in electricity demand in Australia?
In a press release China’s pilot carbon trading market taps UNSW expertise (press release is by the UNSW, which is my employer)
Minister Combet highlighted the benefits to date of Australia’s carbon
price, including an 8.6 per cent drop in demand…
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Does the "Double Demerit Point" scheme in parts of Australia reduce serious car accidents?
In Australia, drivers earn "demerit points" for committing driving offenses. Being awarded more than a certain number of demerit points in a given period (typically 12 in any 3 year period) results in license suspension.
New South Wales, Western…
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Are supermarket shelves in Australia currently empty because of absenteeism due to COVID?
A recent News.com.au article Scott Morrison announces change to isolation rules for workers in critical supply chain industries quotes Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly:
[he] said that Woolworths and Coles were struggling with a 30 per…
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Are these claims about tax paid in the 2017-2018 Australian tax year accurate?
On December 14, 2019, the Australian Greens posted a claim to their Facebook feed about taxes paid by individuals and various entities.
The claim is in the image on this page, but essentially the claims are:
That the following organisations paid 0…
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Are 20% of cleaners, store packers, and food and hospitality workers in Australia on temporary visas?
In a recent Facebook post, Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts makes the claim that 20% of Australia's cleaners, store packers and food hospitality workers are on temporary migrant visas.
According to a report from the Australian Population…
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Was the Australian Bureau of Statistics website "attacked"?
Last night (August 9th) was census night in Australia. Conveniently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have a website where you can enter your household's statistical information.
If you work in IT, you can probably see the potential issue…
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