Broadcaster Andrew Denton, speaking on Q&A, said the 550 babies claim was incorrect.Q&AThe Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.
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To remain globally competitive, Australia must focus on skills, knowledge and ideas to create the conditions for innovation.Rawpixel.com/from www.shutterstock.comFacing the wind-down of the mining boom which has been fuelling Australia’s growth, we need to consider what should be done to improve our capabilities to take on whatever the...
AAP/Dave HuntThis week the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) meets in Sydney to hear a case by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against 34 past or present athletes from the Essendon Football Club. This hearing stems from WADA’s appeal against the finding of the AFL’s anti-doping tribunal that it was not “comfortably...
Activist actor Jane Fonda has turned her attention to the challenges and opportunities of ageing. Reuters/Fred ThornhillAgeing is capturing the attention of the Western World, but not in a good way. The doubling of the ageing population is often referred to as the grey tsunami and all that is implied by that metaphor – destruction and...
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