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CheckMate: Did wild animals roam the streets of Paris during recent days of unrest?

After riots erupted across France this week, social media was awash with out-of-context videos purporting to show rhinoceroses, zebras and ostriches running through the streets of Paris.
A screengrab from a YouTube video which shows a rhinoceros walking through a Nepalese town.

Fact checking Linda Burney's claim that the Voice would not offer advice on moving Australia Day

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney said the Voice would not recommend moving or abolishing Australia Day. But is there anything in the proposal to stop it from doing so?

Craig Kelly says a fall in births in NSW is linked to COVID-19 vaccines. Is that correct?

The latest release of NSW birth figures has been seized upon by some as evidence COVID-19 vaccines are to blame for a fall in birth rates. But what do the experts say?
Craig Kelly talks to colleagues.

This myth about the Voice pushed by No campaigners including Jacinta Nampijinpa Price refuses to die

With a referendum on the Voice to Parliament approaching in the second half of the year, there's one myth about the proposed body which refuses to die, despite repeated debunking.
Indigenous woman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaks to a forum, with and Indegenous elder and child flanked either side.

We fact checked first-term Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah on rough sleepers. Here's what we found

Labor backbencher Michelle Ananda-Rajah said on Q+A that there are 122,000 people sleeping rough. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Michelle Ananda-Rajah sits silently in the house of representatives. VERDICT: Wrong with a red tick

CheckMate: Here are the facts on Queensland's proposed anti-discrimination laws

Following the proposal of new anti-discrimination laws in Queensland, claims swirled online that it meant offensive posts on social media could lead to three years of jail. Is that correct?
Silhouette of two people using laptops in front of the Facebook logo.

Fact check: Is Australia's core inflation higher than all countries in the G7?

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says Australia has higher core inflation than all of the countries in the G7. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Angus Taylor speaks to camera between two silhouetted figures. VERDICT: Checks out with a green tick

CheckMate: No campaign accused of misrepresenting First Nations commentators in advertisements

Quotes from prominent First Nations activists, writers, academics and politicians who have critiqued the notion of a Voice to Parliament have appeared in new No campaign social media ads. But some are not willing participants.
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Celeste Liddle was among many, many Aboriginal people calling for a treaty.

We fact checked the Pharmacy Guild's claims about medicine shortages. Here's what we found

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says 400 drugs are on the "critical" shortage list and 20 per cent of those would be out of stock due to the government's new 60-day script policy. But the data tells a different story. 
Multiple packets of colourful pharmaceutical medicines.
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