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False: A voice to parliament would mean Indigenous Australians lose their basic legal rights. The claim that the voice to parliament would mean Indigenous Australians lose their basic legal rights is false. While the final details of the voice won’t be known until after its structure is legislated, and that will only occur if the ‘yes’ vote succeeds, there’s nothing in the proposed constitutional amendment that even vaguely supports Mr Palmer’s claim. Multiple constitutional experts dismissed the claim, describing it as nonsense. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

Stops Germs: Thimerosal is mercury and is killing you slowly Stops GermsIs thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, found in "almost every single vaccine" and is it "killing you slowly"? No, that's not true: Multiple studies have shown "no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines," according to the Centers for Di (Source: Lead Stories)

Misleading: The University of the Philippines did not rank in QS 2019 ten top Asian universities due to its continued protests against Duterte. Website trendingbalita.online published on Oct. 28 a misleading report on how the University of the Philippines (UP) fared in the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian University Rankings by mixing fact with opinion.The report bore the headline, "Rally pa more – UP, Hindi Nakapaso (Source: Vera Files)