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Politics is about persuading voters about priorities.
To do so, facts are important, but they can also be misused in an attempt to win the debate.
Here the facts fight back. This site presents the facts to help keep the debate clean and to persuade politicians and others to stick to the facts.
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RET review > Check the facts

RET review > Check the facts

August 28, 2014
Economy, Environment, Government

The Renewable Energy Target (RET) is generally considered as having a target that will mean 20 per cent of electricity is generated from renewable sources…

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Cut tax and increase revenue? > Check the facts

Cut tax and increase revenue? > Check the facts

August 21, 2014
Economy, Government

Senator Day claimed on Sky News that: “evidence from around the world is that if you want more revenue, and I’m not suggesting we give…

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Petrol tax: progressive or regressive> Check the facts

Petrol tax: progressive or regressive> Check the facts

August 14, 2014
Economy, Government, Society, Transport

Treasurer Joe Hockey has said “the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases.” The Treasure also said…

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Solar jobs > Check the facts

Solar jobs > Check the facts

July 31, 2014
Economy, Environment

Employment in renewable energy is difficult to determine. Figures are persistently disputed as being inflated or underestimated, depending on which stakeholder is asked. For example,…

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Coal jobs > Check the facts

Coal jobs > Check the facts

July 23, 2014
Economy, Society

Recent reports from the ABC and in the Australian, including a map of selected mines have outlined heavy job losses in Australia’s coal sector, specifically…

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The RET and electricity prices > Check the facts

The RET and electricity prices > Check the facts

July 4, 2014
Economy, Environment, Government

The Prime Minister continues to claim that “The RET is very significantly driving up power prices,”. He has made this claim in the past and…

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Billions of dollars in support or zero?> Check the facts

Billions of dollars in support or zero?> Check the facts

June 26, 2014
Economy, Environment, Government

In Mining the age of entitlement: State government assistance to the minerals and fossil fuel sector The Australia Institute has detailed the extent to which…

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How important is coal to the Hunter Valley? > Check the facts

How important is coal to the Hunter Valley? > Check the facts

June 12, 2014
Economy, Environment

While the Hunter Valley produces and exports large volumes of coal, it is no longer the “bedrock” of the Hunter Valley economy that it once…

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How has having a renewable energy target affected electricity prices? > Check the facts

How has having a renewable energy target affected electricity prices? > Check the facts

May 30, 2014
Economy, Environment

Electricity prices can be divided into retail and wholesale prices. Retail prices is that paid by consumers and the wholesale electricity price is the price…

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Youth unemployment in Australia > Check the facts

Youth unemployment in Australia > Check the facts

May 22, 2014
Economy, Society

The government announced in the budget that people aged under 30 will have to wait up to six months to receive Newstart payments. The Treasurer…

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Why

Between elections governments are held to account through debate. This debate takes place in the parliament, media, in workplaces, at BBQs and parties, around the kitchen table and online.
Politicians, pundits and interest groups attempt to influence the debate and persuade us which side of the debate to take.

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Should the Australian government encourage renewable forms of energy or do we need to support fossil fuels? Is returning the budget back to surplus the number one priority and if so should be decrease spending or increase revenue? Should we focus on industrial relations or indigenous recognition?

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There are, of course, no right answers to such questions. But to use the complexity of a policy issue to cloud debate with half-truths and misrepresentation of the facts to win the debate undermines the democratic accountability of government.

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The media plays an important role in presenting an even handed account of the debate and ensuring a range of voices are heard. In turn politicians are keen to influence the debate through the media's reporting. Undue influence risks silencing some voices from the debate.
As the political debates continue Facts Fight Back will provide a timely and accessible source of information to help keep the debate clean and and ensure the public, journalists and the politicians themselves keep track of who is sticking to the facts.

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