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AAP Newswire

Australia’s national news agency, delivering a continuous stream of breaking news, information and images direct to clients. Ready-to-use on all platforms and channels, our news service sets the standard for accuracy, reliability and impartiality.

Pagemasters

Pagemasters is a global provider of sub-editing, listings and imaging services. Our highly-skilled editors provide complete media production services to metropolitan and regional newspapers, websites, magazines, sporting bodies and education sectors.

Medianet

The leading provider of media intelligence and communication solutions, AAP Medianet's Distribution and Database services connect organisations with Australian media professionals to achieve their PR and communication goals.

Megaform

Megaform supplies racing data and content for gallops, greyhounds and harness to hundreds of form guides and websites around Australia. Fields, form, comment, results and much more. Our racing data is trusted, accurate and reliable.

AAP Photos

Breaking news, feature and stock photography, delivered at speed and on-demand. Quality-controlled and curated by our network of professional photographers and editors, coverage focuses on national and world events, sport, entertainment and lifestyle.

Mediaverse

Australia’s leading media analysis agency providing bespoke media intelligence and reputation tracking for Australia’s largest organisations. Our team of media experts deliver data-driven insights to help clients make strategic decisions, manage reputation and leverage trends.

AAP Directories

Australia's leading publisher of biographical data, records and media guides. Research, target and connect with key Australian contacts and companies in media, government institutions, organisations and associations.

AAP Studio

AAP Studio is a team of big thinkers, strategists, designers and problem solvers. Drawing on AAP's broad range of editorial and creative resources, Studio delivers engaging content and thoughtful design solutions for brands and publishers.

AAP FactCheck

FactCheck Social Media

Phone antennas outside a college aren't a new addition to the neighbourhood

Conspiracy theories involving 5G have been circulating during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the latest example claiming "new" mobile towers were installed during the lockdown.

FactCheck Social Media

Facebook post of Angelia Jolie and young boy is not the full picture

A widely-shared Facebook post showing Hollywood star Angelina Jolie comforting a young boy in Africa suggests a hidden agenda.

AAP is accredited by the Poynter Institute’s International Fact Checking Network and adheres to its rigorous protocols.

FactCheck Social Media

There are no 5G, COVID-19 'secrets' in new £20 banknote

A video claiming a link between Britain's new 20 pound banknote, 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic is being shared on Facebook.

FactCheck Social Media

A circuit board with a "COV.19" sticker is from an old pay TV box, not a 5G tower

A Facebook video claiming to show 5G equipment labelled "COV.19" is being shared on Facebook as conspiracy theorists and 5G opponents target telecom masts in the UK and other parts of Europe.

FactCheck Social Media

China is not the only source of serious viral outbreaks around the world

A Facebook post blames China as the source of eight deadly viral outbreaks around the world since 1957.

FactCheck Social Media

Drilling into the facts about US toolmaker Black & Decker and China

A Facebook post claims that US toolmaker Black & Decker is leaving China and building a $90 million plant in Texas.

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Story about an unmarked police car and calling "112" has been around the block a few times

A popular Facebook post tells a frightening tale about a woman who was supposedly followed by a fake unmarked police vehicle but escaped danger by remembering a warning from her parents.

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False claims about COVID-19, 5G and a vaccine that doesn't exist yet

A widely shared social media post claims that the COVID-19 pandemic does not exist and that the coronavirus crisis is instead a cover-up to allow the deployment of 5G telecommunications towers.

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COVIDSafe app regulations say you can't be barred from work or the shops for not downloading

With the number of COVIDsafe app users now over five million, a Facebook post is claiming "hidden" rules could allow workplaces and supermarkets to bar people who haven't downloaded the program.

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Dog theft marker or myth? What a "pet tag" around a fence means

A Facebook post claims criminals are marking homes, targeting them for dog theft.

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Woolworths workers are not being forced to have flu vaccinations

As flu season arrives in Australia and health authorities encourage people to get a flu shot, a post claims Woolworths supermarkets have implemented a mandatory flu vaccination program for staff.

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COVID-19 did not claim the life of former Fijian PM Laisenia Qarase

As the COVID-19 global death toll rises, a Facebook post claims former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase died from the coronavirus.

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Did the Last Post originate on an American Civil War battlefield?

While Australians celebrated Anzac Day on their driveways this year a Facebook post purporting to tell the history of the military bugle call the Last Post resurfaced.

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COVIDsafe app location detection post is a hoax message, says Department of Health

A screenshot claiming to show a location warning message from Australia's new COVIDSafe app is circulating on Facebook followng the federal government's launch of the coronavirus tracking tool.

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Photo of "world's smallest bird" has a small problem

A post flitting around Facebook claims to show a picture of the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird or zunzuncito of Cuba.

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New Zealand, Ireland COVID-19 comparison statistics are not 100 per cent accurate

A social media post has compared the coronavirus statistics of Ireland and New Zealand in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nobel Prize-winning professor did not say coronavirus was manufactured in China

A post on Facebook claims a Nobel Prize-winning Japanese scientist has said the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the potentially deadly COVID-19 disease was "manufactured" by China.

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Barcodes post fails to crack the code on Chinese and Indian products

Amid fears about the spread of COVID-19, a Facebook post purports to show how people can "differentiate between Chinese and Indian products".

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Woolworths store does not have a dedicated Aussie products aisle

At a time when Australians are questioning the country's reliance on overseas products, a Facebook post is purporting to show an "Aussie product aisle" at a Woolworths store in Queensland.

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Cell towers disguised as trees are not being used to spy on communities

A Facebook post by a New Zealand user claims that telecommunications companies are setting up camouflaged cell towers to spy on local communities.

AAP is accredited by the Poynter Institute’s International Fact Checking Network and adheres to its rigorous protocols.

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Virus outbreaks to spark local containment

Harsh statewide shutdown measures are unlikely to be reimposed, with coronavirus outbreaks to prompt local containment.

inquiry

Bushfire conditions to worsen in future

The coronavirus pandemic has slowed the recovery from Australia's devastating bushfires and interrupted planning for future fire seasons.

health

NSW premier 'pleased' with transport use

As students return to NSW public schools full-time and more people go back to work, extra transport staff have been marshalled to keep people safe.

windstorms

WA lashed by 'rare' dangerous storm

Wild weather is hitting Western Australia after a cold front combined with a tropical system to whip up damaging winds, heavy rain and massive waves.

health

Beauty back in business in NSW from June 1

Beauty salons, tanning studios and nail salons in NSW will be back in business in a week if a strict COVID-19 safe plan is implemented.