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The voice will grant...: The voice will grant paramount rights favouring Indigenous people that would breach discrimination laws in normal circumstances. The claim the voice will grant paramount rights favouring Indigenous people that would breach discrimination laws in normal circumstances is false. Experts told AAP FactCheck the proposal does not confer paramount rights and would not restrict, or change the rights of anyone who is not Indigenous. Additionally, they said that there is nothing about the voice proposal that would amount to a breach of domestic discrimination laws and international conventions. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Video shows rioters in France pushing cars off a building As riots swept France following the police killing of a teenager, dramatic footage of cars falling from a building surfaced in social media posts falsely linking it to the unrest. The clip actually shows a scene from a "Fast and Furious" movie, which was filmed in the US state of Ohio. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

Until the mid-1960s,...: Until the mid-1960s, it was illegal for Aboriginal people to live within one mile of a white settlement unless they had a permit. The claim that until the mid-1960s, Aboriginal people were banned from living within one mile of a white settlement unless they had a permit is mostly false. State governments imposed a patchwork of laws that limited the movements and activities of Indigenous people. In some cases, authorities used those laws to ban Aboriginal people from entering certain areas. However, there was no blanket rule in Australia about how close to white settlements Aboriginal people could live. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)