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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)
False: The UN has called for pedophilia to be legalised. The claim that the UN wants to legalise pedophilia is false. The claim misrepresents a report that calls for a human rights-based approach to criminal law on a range of matters. The passage in question calls for a more nuanced approach to when adolescents of similar ages are engaged in consensual, non-exploitative sexual activity. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)
False: The proposed Indigenous voice would be null and void as it would be enshrined in a fictional constitution. The claim that the proposed Indigenous voice would be null and void as it will be enshrined in a fictional constitution is false. The claim has its roots in sovereign citizen theories that have long since been debunked. In particular, the Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 did not amend the constitution. Suggestions that the constitution is invalid as it makes no mention of the Queen of Australia have also been dismissed by the High Court. Claims Australia is a corporation date back to the 2000s when the Commonwealth of Australia was registered as an entity in the US for the purpose of issuing securities. The documentation makes clear it was registered as a foreign government. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)
False: 'HemoStop' effervescent tablets cure hemorrhoids. Videos promoting an effervescent tablet alongside an unproven claim it can cure haemorrhoids, also called piles, have been viewed more than one million times on Facebook. However, medical experts have told AFP there is no evidence that the tablet can treat the condition and the usual "complete cure" is surgery. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
False: Photo shows newspaper article warning against comics insulting Buddhism. A screenshot of a purported newspaper article has been repeatedly shared in Sinhala-language Facebook posts that falsely claim "national organisations" met with Sri Lankan police to warn of Japanese animations that depict Buddha in an insulting manner. The posts also claim that those who possess or share such content would face legal consequences. But the newspaper's editor-in-chief told AFP they never published the article, and local police said they had not met the supposed "national organisations" or issued any warning. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Public Health Fakes: the medical system is not ready for epidemiological threats after the explosion of the Kakhovska HPP. Issue #40 This time, Russian media tried to provoke panic by spreading alarming news about topics that have been widely discussed in recent weeks: the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In the first case, they focused on discrediting the medical sy (Source: Vox Ukraine)