AAP FactCheck Articles
Truth washes away spurious sea levels claim
A social media post claims 2019 mean sea levels were lower by six centimetres compared with a century ago.
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Reports clear the air around Auckland pollution levels
A social media post claims New Zealand's largest city has seen the greatest increase in air and sea pollution in the last 15 years.
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No, NZ Police is not launching a probe into vaccine deaths
A website notorious for misinformation claims police are planning to investigate vaccination-related deaths in New Zealand.
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No, interest rates are not always higher under Labor
A coalition MP is using recent rate increases to suggest that ALP governments are to blame for ballooning mortgage costs.
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'Hair'-brained evidence used to claim ISS is a hoax
A flat-earther has combed through video footage of an astronaut's hair, declaring it's a "dead giveaway" the International Space Station is fake.
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Buzz Aldrin video exposes flat-earth lunacy over moon landing
A snippet from a video interview with the US astronaut is being used to claim that he admits the moon landing was a hoax.
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False claim links Shinzo Abe to ivermectin as a COVID treatment
An Australian peddler of misinformation is using the former Japanese PM's murder to promote the fallacy an anti-parasitic drug can cure COVID-19.
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NZ carbon footprint claim sidesteps reality
Despite its small population and size, New Zealand does not have the world's lowest emissions total.
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Edited graph obscures truth about global warming
A viral graph of a Greenland ice core is used to falsely claim earth has almost always been warmer over the past 9500 years than today.
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Dutch farming ban claim reaps a fake harvest
A Facebook post asserts climate action proposals in the Netherlands will result in the farming sector being killed off.
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World hunger article fuels misinformation 14 years after publication
Social media users are claiming a 2008 magazine feature proves the UN wants to prolong world hunger.
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Flat-earthers stuck in a rut over Suez Canal's lack of locks
The famous waterway has been used as a source of "proof" the earth isn't a globe for more than than 130 years.
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Minuscule wind and solar production claim needs a jolt of truth
Climate change sceptics say some renewable energy sources are almost negligible in terms of electricity production in Australia.
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Who's really to blame for Australia's submarine delays?
Defence Minister Richard Marles claims our new submarines had been due by the mid-2020s before what he calls the previous government's "inaction".
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Meme regenerates false claims about oil creation
Facebook posts try to dispel the notion oil is a finite resource, claiming it can replenish itself faster than it is extracted.
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Claim doctors can be sued over COVID vaccines lacks legal standing
Facebook videos from an anti-vaccination group say doctors can face legal action if someone has suffered side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Professor double counts with claim Australia is already at net zero
Ian Plimer suggests Australia is in the clear as the nation has already reached net zero emissions.
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Nationals senator wrong on abortion laws
Matt Canavan claims Australia is now "very isolated" in its abortion laws following the US Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade.
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Claims COVID tests invented before virus emerged are patently wrong
A patent application is being misused to spread a wild conspiracy theory the tests were invented years ahead of the pandemic.
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Voters must be on common roll to take part in PNG election
There are fears misinformation around voting processes and the common roll could lead to disorder in the Pacific island election.
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