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Election bloodbathCommentsLibs in search of a savior after hitting rock bottom in WA

The WA Liberals’ State President says the second election bloodbath in just over a year has given him a mandate to embark on a sweeping reform agenda.

Peter Law, Josh Zimmerman and Jessica Page

Stating the factsCommentsPremiumFact Checker: How we kept the bastards honest

Over the past six weeks Fact Checker attempted to filter the spin, identify unrealistic promises and call out the BS.

John Flint

Fact CheckerCommentsPremiumCoalition off target attacking Labor over costings admission

Labor broke with convention by releasing policy costings that would dent the Budget bottom line by an extra $7.4 billion.

John Flint

Fact CheckerPremiumWhat has either party done right with broadband?

The NBN hasn’t featured much in this election campaign, despite many Australians having cause to frequently curse internet dropouts and sluggish speeds.

John Flint

Fact checkerCommentsPremiumDo Albo’s infrastructure claims hold up for WA?

How do Anthony Albanese’s claims on his record of infrastructure projects in Western Australia hold up? Fact Checker investigates.

John Flint

Fact checkerPremiumWill ScoMo’s housing policy really benefit young buyers?

Unless you’re a high-earning millennial, chances are you’re still going to have to save for a couple of years to get that 10 per cent deposit for your first home — even with ScoMo’s plunder-your-super scheme.

John Flint

Fact checker PremiumClaim China ship alert not politics easily sunk

Who in November last year said a Chinese naval vessel detected close to Australia had ‘every right to be there under international maritime law’?

John Flint

Fact CheckerCommentsPremiumAttack on Albo wage call pays little attention to reality

Scott Morrison’s attack on the Labor leader for wanting to see the country’s lowest-paid workers get a wage increase in line with inflation — calling him ‘a loose unit’ — smacked of desperation.

John Flint

Fact CheckerPremiumHas Dutton been transparent on scrapped defence commitments?

Defence Minister Peter Dutton used his debate with Labor opponent Brendan O’Connor to again position national security and fears around China’s military ambitions at the centre of the election battleground.

John Flint

Fact CheckerCommentsPremiumDid Baby Boomers really have it harder than Millennials?

The lifting of official interest rates on Tuesday has reignited the debate about which generation can claim the hardest experience trying to secure a first home and making their way in the world.

John Flint

Fact checkerPremiumAre the major parties ducking the wage-push inflation issue?

Regardless of what any political party says about lifting wages should they win government, there’s hidden dangers contained in how they go about it.

John Flint

The real tealPremiumWill the ‘teal independents’ leave ScoMo feeling blue?

The new political force to keep your eye on when the results come streaming in on election night are the so-called ‘teal independents’.

John Flint

Fact checkerCommentsPremiumDoes Labor really want to introduce a carbon tax?

Climate science is complex, but what voters need to know about the major parties’ policies on the issue is quite straightforward.

John Flint

Fact CheckerPremiumDoes ScoMo deserve all the blame for the jump in inflation?

Scott Morrison knows an interest rate rise is necessary and will be unpleasant-tasting medicine for families whose budgets are already being squeezed. But is he to blame for all the price increases?

John Flint

Fact checkerPremiumDid Australia’s aid cuts lead to China-Solomons pact?

We test Labor’s claims on what caused Australia’s ‘lost influence’ over the Solomon Islands in the wake of its worrying security pact with China.

John Flint

Fact CheckerCommentsPremiumAre both parties relying on tricks of tradie?

Few areas of government policy lend themselves to statistical manipulation as much as the vocational education and training sector.

John Flint

Fact checkerPremiumAre Labor and Liberal policies on asylum seekers identical?

Labor and the Coalition may argue a lot about asylum seekers - but what are their actual policies on the issue?

John Flint

Fact CheckerPremiumWill ScoMo ban trans-women from competing in female sports?

Does Scott Morrison want to exclude transgender people from competing in female sport? He has indicated on several occasions he supports such a move, but isn’t ready to commit to one.

John Flint

Fear campaignCommentsPremiumAre both parties trying to frighten our senior citizens?

Not for the first time, we’re seeing older Australians targeted by negative campaigning - are the major parties scare-mongering our retirees?

John Flint

Fact CheckerCommentsPremiumIs Labor’s Mediscare campaign fact or fiction?

It’s Freddy Krueger season again. An election is called and stories emerge about Medicare being ripped to ribbons. But, is there any truth to them?

John Flint

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Fact Checker keeps the bastards honest

Australian Democrats senator Don Chipp is long departed but many readers will remember his war cry: “Keep the bastards honest!” That is exactly what Flint and Fact Checker will do right up until polling day.

Fact checkerCommentsPremiumFederal integrity commission is a tale of two extremes

Lack of progress, or appetite for progress, has meant Australia still doesn’t have a federal anti-corruption commission. Did Scott Morrison break his promise at the last election?

John Flint

FACT CHECKERCommentsPremiumIs Christensen’s late switch just a shameless money grab?

Short-term marriages of convenience are a popular theme in Hollywood rom-coms. And Australian politics too, it seems, with George Christensen and Pauline Hanson.

John Flint

John FlintPremiumFACT CHECKER: Cutting through the Federal election spin

Fact Checker is a daily column written by senior investigative journalist John Flint, that will cut through the spin, claims, mischief, and lies of the Federal election campaign - and put pollies to the test.

John Flint