AAP FactCheck Articles

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.

Read more

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.

Read more

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.

Read more

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.

Read more

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.

Read more

Minister's rising emissions claim omits effects of pandemic

Labor's climate change minister has savaged the previous government after Australia's greenhouse gas emissions rose last year.

Read more

WA island bunker image is a mysterious dose of fantasy

A video on Instagram purports to show a strange underground chamber hidden beneath a remote island off the Australian coast.

Read more

No, farmers aren't going it alone in removing CO2

A farming group has criticised a proposed emissions tax, claiming agriculture is the only industry to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Read more

Australia essay attributed to Douglas Adams isn't true-blue

A humourous article about Australia is still being attributed to the Hitchhiker's Guide author 22 years after he stated he didn't write it.

Read more

Data misused to claim COVID vaccines are killing US kids

Social media posts are using an article on an anti-vaccination website to allege COVID-19 jabs are responsible for 125 child deaths in America.

Read more

Monatomic brain-boosting powder is fool's gold

A substance called monatomic gold or white gold powder is being spruiked on social media as a way to increase your brain power.

Read more

Greens senator says Labor's 43 per cent target fails to achieve Paris commitment

The new Labor government is under fire over its enhanced commitment towards Australia's obligations on a key global climate treaty.

Read more

Sheep-eating snake added to Aussie animal mythology

A picture taken two decades ago in South Africa is being used online to claim giant pythons are eating sheep on Australian farms.

Read more

Facebook post way off target over Germany's emissions

An Australian climate sceptics group is using a pro-nuclear energy campaigner's tweet to claim Germany is wasting billions of dollars on renewables.

Read more

Lego LGBTQI set's sales meme is a poorly constructed fake

Social media posts claim the toy-maker's Everyone is Awesome set has generated the worst sales in the iconic firm's 90-year history.

Read more

Claim German papers must be 75 per cent factual is 100 per cent wrong

Media bosses must prove the majority of their content is accurate or face being classed as a magazine, according to a meme.

Read more

Story about Einstein's maths mistake doesn't add up

An uplifting Facebook post recounts the famous physicist making a basic error in front of his student to teach them a life lesson.

Read more

Coeliac link to strep bacteria cops gut punch from experts

An Instagram post claims the bacteria associated with sore throats is the culprit for coeliac disease.

Read more

Straight to the sin bin for fake PNG rugby league post

A post purporting to feature State of Origin coach Billy Slater and Queensland star Harry Grant has been circulating in Papua New Guinea.

Read more

German coal power share claim is unreliable

A post showing a graph claiming to be Germany's current energy mix fails to account for the bigger picture.

Read more