AAP FactCheck

AAP FactCheck

2/24/2025, 4:31:16 AM

Recent bird flu infections in multiple bird species and mammals, including humans and cows, disprove false claims that the virus only affects chickens. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-truth-to-viral-claim-bird-flu-only-affects-chickens/

AAP FactCheck

2/25/2025, 11:55:31 PM

There's no evidence that recently announced tariffs on all US aluminium and steel imports are in response to a "free speech crackdown" in Australia. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-us-tariffs-were-not-retaliation-for-australian-hate-speech-laws/

AAP FactCheck

2/16/2025, 9:56:19 PM

A video of Senator Lidia Thorpe repeating the myth that Australia is a corporation is spreading on social media, but the independent says she does not personally support it. https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/lidia-thorpe-repeats-then-repeals-sovereign-citizen-myth/

AAP FactCheck

2/13/2025, 2:09:52 AM

The Albanese government is misleadingly claiming it introduced three increases to the minimum wage as part of its cost of living measures. While the Labor government recommended the rises, the decision was made by the independent Fair Work Commission. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/labors-minimum-wage-rise-claim-misleads/

AAP FactCheck

2/11/2025, 1:46:31 AM

Despite weather radars being unable to manipulate rainfall, social media users are blaming these systems for the recent floods in North Queensland. "It's like saying a thermometer causes heat waves," one expert tells AAP FactCheck. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/nexrad-weather-radars-falsely-linked-to-north-qld-flooding/

AAP FactCheck

2/10/2025, 1:06:52 AM

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon claims the nation has been in a recession for the last three years. Government figures suggest otherwise. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/new-zealand-pm-luxon-wrong-about-three-year-recession/

AAP FactCheck

2/5/2025, 1:31:13 AM

A deadly collision between a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter over Washington DC has led to a surge of misinformation online, including posts that misidentify the pilot as a transgender service woman. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/transgender-woman-misidentified-as-pilot-in-washington-dc-helicopter-crash/

AAP FactCheck

2/4/2025, 1:15:12 AM

A Pfizer safety surveillance data report listed human metapneumovirus (hMPV) as an "adverse event" reported after vaccination, not a "side effect" of the jab. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-pfizer-did-not-list-hmpv-as-a-side-effect-of-its-covid-19-vaccine/

AAP FactCheck

1/30/2025, 1:48:40 AM

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is neither new nor rare. As an infectious disease expert explains, it's "a virus that everybody has always gotten before the age of five". Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/false-claims-about-a-new-china-virus-are-spreading-like-the-plague/

AAP FactCheck

1/27/2025, 2:20:12 AM

In an interview with federal MP Russell Broadbent, the founder of an anti-vaccination lobby group claimed UNSW medical students only spend one morning learning about vaccines. A spokesperson for the university dismissed this statement as false. Read on: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-truth-to-claim-about-medical-schools-curriculum/