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
Over the past six weeks Fact Checker attempted to filter the spin, identify unrealistic promises and call out the BS.
John Flint
Labor broke with convention by releasing policy costings that would dent the Budget bottom line by an extra $7.4 billion.
The NBN hasn’t featured much in this election campaign, despite many Australians having cause to frequently curse internet dropouts and sluggish speeds.
How do Anthony Albanese’s claims on his record of infrastructure projects in Western Australia hold up? Fact Checker investigates.
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.
Who in November last year said a Chinese naval vessel detected close to Australia had ‘every right to be there under international maritime law’?
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.
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.
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.
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.
The new political force to keep your eye on when the results come streaming in on election night are the so-called ‘teal independents’.
Climate science is complex, but what voters need to know about the major parties’ policies on the issue is quite straightforward.
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?
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.
Few areas of government policy lend themselves to statistical manipulation as much as the vocational education and training sector.
Labor and the Coalition may argue a lot about asylum seekers - but what are their actual policies on the issue?
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.
Not for the first time, we’re seeing older Australians targeted by negative campaigning - are the major parties scare-mongering our retirees?
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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