A fictitious announcement, supposedly made by Australia's defence minister and shared widely on social media, labels Israel a "regime that incinerates babies with white phosphorus". www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ma...

A Joe Rogan podcast guest claims that changes to the definition and diagnosis of paralytic polio are responsible for the fall in cases, but experts say the medical success story is down to vaccines. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/va...

A former politician claims the government has handed control of health policy to the World Health Organization, but experts say Australia retains its sovereign right to determine health policies. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cl...

Experts say claims about dandelion tea on leukaemia are misleading, as no studies have been conducted on human patients. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/da...

A social media post falsely claims investment firm BlackRock owns all four of Australia's major banks. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to have been confused with a top UN expert on Palestine in social media claims about a US entry ban. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/us...

Fake TV news stories, including that the US president has made it legal to drive without a licence, are being shared on social media. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Online posts falsely claim that Immigration Minister Tony Burke has granted the Bob Vylan frontman's visa to Australia in the wake of an on-stage protest against the Israel Defense Forces. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/au...

Google will no longer fund fact-checking in Australia by letting its existing deal with an Australian publisher's team lapse, mirroring Meta's retreat amid a global backlash against fact-checkers. www.crikey.com.au/20...

Users have misinterpreted images of Hannah Thomas's injuries amid a protest to imply she is lying about the incident with NSW police. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/in...

A social media post falsely claims the federal government's 30 per cent superannuation tax has exemptions for all politicians, Aboriginal people and churches. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

A barrage of AI-generated videos appeared on social media following US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, claiming to show the bombings. aap.com.au/factcheck/us-strikes-on-iran-spark-fresh-wave-of-disinformation/

Social media posts rely on a wrongly labelled anti-assisted-dying pamphlet as being distributed by the Canadian government. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

Greta Thunberg was stopped from entering Gaza by Israeli naval forces, not allowed free passage at her own risk, as claimed in a fake statement. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/id...

A video of a man being arrested at an Australian bank is being misrepresented in claims he was taken into custody for merely trying to withdraw cash. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/cl...

Social media outrage has erupted over false claims about coming changes that will make Australians wait longer to access their superannuation savings. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ta...

False online claims about corruption involving federal election officials counting votes in Adelaide are based on a misunderstanding of Australia's preferential voting process. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/vo...

Incorrect claims about the vote count in outgoing Liberal leader Peter Dutton's former seat of Dickson are based on misrepresented electoral figures. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

The Australian Electoral Commission has dismissed claims that six million ballots have gone missing as "wildly inaccurate".

An audio recording of podcaster Joe Rogan labelling foreign minister Penny Wong a "swamp creature" and "cunning" is circulating online, despite being generated using artificial intelligence.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's claim that a Muslim political group has preferenced him below Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party is false. Muslim Votes Matter's how-to-vote cards list Burke fifth and the Trumpet of Patriots candidate seventh.

In an appearance on Sky News, Education Minister Jason Clare falsely claimed the Liberal Party voted against Labor's energy bill relief scheme in 2024. Parliamentary records show the rebate passed without objection.

Proposed reforms to expand abortion access in NSW will not result in the closure of Christian and Catholic hospitals that refuse to perform abortion procedures. The bill only applies to public institutions and contains no mechanism to enforce compliance.

Social media posts by anti-abortion activist Dr Joanna Howe inaccurately claim the NSW Greens abortion bill will shut down all Christian and Catholic hospitals unless they perform terminations. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ns...

The Coalition says that Australian energy bills are "among the most expensive in the world". Is this true? @soofiatariq.bsky.social investigates.

The Labor government claims emissions have fallen to "28.2 per cent below 2005 levels”. Experts say this reporting doesn't present a full picture of decarbonisation, with one likening it to “an accounting trick”.

Months out from the federal election, claims have emerged about the launch of a new Australian Muslim Party. However, no such party has been registered.

Contrary to claims circulating online, First Nations peoples did not "wipe out" a pygmy population. Genetic sequencing confirms First Nations peoples as the earliest inhabitants of Australia.