Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni made the claim while announcing a $2 billion housing investment scheme. But is the claim correct?

Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni made the claim while announcing a $2 billion housing investment scheme. But is the claim correct?

FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s lowest rate of public school funding? Were the Victorian Greens correct about pubic school funding? We asked the experts to check the numbers.

FactCheck Q&A: have 90% of Labor MPs worked in trade unions? Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said "you can’t reflect society if 90% of your members of parliament were chosen from trade unions and worked in trade unions". Let's take a look at the numbers.

FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s highest rate of crime? Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy said under Premier Daniel Andrews, 'Victoria has won the unenviable title as the state with the country’s highest rate of crime'. Is that right?

Victorian election 2018: how to spot and suggest a fact check With just over four weeks to go until the Victorian state election, we'd like to know which topics matter to you, and what you'd most like to see fact-checked. Here's how you can get involved.

FactCheck: is the Coalition spending ‘$1 billion extra, every year’ on aged care? Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Coalition’s spending on aged care as preparations for a Royal Commission into the sector get underway. We asked the experts to crunch the numbers.

FactCheck: do ‘over a million’ people in Australia not speak English ‘well or at all’? Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying 'more than a million people' in Australia 'cannot speak English well or at all'. Let's look at the numbers.

FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said corporate tax cuts in the US had led to 'stronger investment, stronger growth, a lower unemployment rate and higher wages'. Let's take a closer look.

FactCheck: GetUp! on the impact of US corporate tax cuts on wages A social media post shared by GetUp! Australia suggested US real wages had dropped significantly following the enactment of Trump's corporate tax cuts in January. We asked the experts to check it out.

FactCheck: has Australia’s net debt doubled under the current government? Was shadow minister for finance Jim Chalmers correct when he said that under the current Coalition government, net debt had doubled? We asked the experts.

FactCheck: has Pauline Hanson voted ‘effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government’ in 2018? Ahead of Saturday's crucial byelections, senior Labor Party figures have described a vote for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party as a vote for the Coalition. What do the records show?

FactCheck: is Australia’s population the ‘ highest-growing in the world’? One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Australia is "the highest-growing country in the world", with population growth "double than a lot of other countries". Is that right?

FactCheck Q&A: did the Coalition ‘deliver more than a million jobs in the last year’? In addition to the jobs claim, Liberal MP Sarah Henderson said 65,000 new businesses had started in the last year, compared to the closure of 61,000 businesses in Labor's last year. Is that right?

FactCheck Q&A: do ‘about 30% of homeless people have a job’? On Q&A, social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley said "about 30%" of homeless people have a job. Is that right?

FactCheck: is domestic violence the leading preventable cause of death and illness for women aged 18 to 44? Are claims that intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death for Australian women aged 18-44 substantiated?

FactCheck Q&A: are South Australia’s high electricity prices ‘the consequence’ of renewable energy policy? On Q&A, Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities Paul Fletcher said South Australia's high electricity prices were "the consequence" of Jay Weatherill's renewable energy policies. Is that right?