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Editor's note
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Debunking misinformation is a big part of what we do at The Conversation, but if you’re going be critical of the work of others you need to make sure you know what you're talking about.
That’s why our FactChecks are only written by academics with deep subject-matter expertise. And it’s why we build in extra checks and balances, including blind peer review by a second academic expert, additional scrutiny and editorial oversight.
We also place a high value on transparency, and in that spirit our multimedia team and FactCheck Editor Sunanda Creagh have created an animated 72-second explainer of exactly how our FactCheck process works.
If you care about reliable information please use the next 72 seconds to find out why our FactChecks are worthy of your trust. (Full disclosure: may contain animations of TC staff.)
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Misha Ketchell
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation
We build in extra checks and balances, including blind peer review by a second academic expert, additional scrutiny and editorial oversight.
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Health + Medicine
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Patrizia Furlan, University of South Australia
Health reporting requires asking the right questions and doing quality research. But specialist skills are also handy, especially when it comes to knowing the language and processes of science.
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Jozef Gecz, University of Adelaide
Better genetic knowledge relating to autism and disability is expected to offer a stronger predictive capacity for families and health care providers, allowing better planning of care and support.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The trenchant stand that Nick Xenophon – who is usually a compromiser - and his team took this week against the "Omnibus Bill" saw a disconcerted government resort to a risky tactic.
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Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology Sydney; Kevin Dunn, Western Sydney University; Rachel Sharples, Western Sydney University
How do we know what we think we know? Accuracy, care and rigorous method gets us somewhere there, especially on issues like racism.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Labor's edge over the government in the polls has seen the party stay united. But it has not stopped speculation about whether frontbencher Anthony Albanese would be a better leader of the party.
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Peter Hayes, University of Sydney
Although North Korea's recent missile test is unlikely to have been an ICBM, they are likely to have a medium range missile that could hit South Korea in a few years.
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Peter Newman, Curtin University
Perth's Roe 8 project illustrates all that is wrong with how we are planning and managing infrastructure in our cities.
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Tobias Basuki, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Would religious and ethnic narratives be effective at swaying voters?
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Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
The way times have changed is exemplified in the frequency of party coups against sitting prime ministers.
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Environment + Energy
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Hugh Saddler, Australian National University
Here's the real problem behind Australia's electricity woes: the rules that govern decisions about what infrastructure to build, and when, are inflexible and outdated.
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Alan Pears, RMIT University
Australia is near the back of the pack of rich nations when it comes to policies for clean energy. But there are things we can do about it.
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Arts + Culture
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Jazmina Cininas, RMIT University
From witch-hunts to the suffragettes, belief in womanly werewolfs has flourished at times when the female gender was under threat. But in contemporary fiction, film and art, werewolf law is evolving in surprising ways.
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Antonia Finnane, University of Melbourne
The staging in Melbourne of this classic of the Cultural Revolution has attracted controversy. And amid Bermuda shorts and weapons galore, this political ballet has contemporary resonances.
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Jo McDonald, University of Western Australia
Murujuga, or the Burrup Peninsula, is home to over a million rock artworks. But as concern grows about the impact of industrial pollution on the art, the WA government continues to play down the area's heritage value.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Uncertainty about energy prices and political dithering on company tax rates point to businesses waiting before investing heavily.
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Chris Martin, UNSW
Any attempt to improve security for tenants should not deprive them, or their landlords, of the flexibility that many also want. The key problem is landlords' ability to give notice without a reason.
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West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan's responded to The Conversation's request for sources and comment regarding our FactCheck on methamphetamine usage rates in Western Australia.
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