Social media users are spreading a conspiracy theory that the word 'hantavirus' derives from a Hebrew slang word meaning 'fraud' or 'scam'.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/hantavirus-hebrew-origin-story-is-a-viral-fraud/
An expert has described the Opposition Leader's methodology as "dodgy" after he claimed this year's migration rate is running 80,000 ahead of forecasts.
A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-federal-government-does-not-spend-1tn-each-year/
Disinformation spreaders have used a fictional academic to raise questions about the claimed rise in wealth of a government minister.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fake-professor-used-in-housing-minister-smear-campaign/
A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-federal-government-does-not-spend-1tn-each-year/
A Pfizer document is being misrepresented on social media to falsely claim that hantavirus is listed as a COVID-19 vaccine side effect.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/false-claims-link-hantavirus-to-covid-vaccines/
Fake stories about violent riots involving members of a religious group in Australia are being shared by foreign-run Facebook accounts.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/foreign-pages-stoke-division-with-fake-islamist-riot-posts/
Reports claiming a staff member died and a coach underwent surgery at an NRL club are completely false and rely on AI-generated images.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/warriors-fans-targeted-with-ai-generated-fake-news/
Social media posts are overstating the number of migrants arriving in Australia by using a dataset that measures border crossings, not immigration.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/migration-numbers-inflated-by-incorrect-use-of-travel-data/
Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/citizenship-fast-track-announcement-a-social-media-fabrication/
Social media users are spreading a conspiracy theory that the word 'hantavirus' derives from a Hebrew slang word meaning 'fraud' or 'scam'.
Fake stories about a New Zealand NRL team are spreading online, thanks to a foreign-run Facebook account sharing disinformation and AI-generated content.
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Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders.
Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia's immigration minister has announced plans to fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa holders.
