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False: United Nations and World Health Organization sexual education guides say all children must have sexual partners. The claim sex education guides from the United Nation and World Health Organization say all children must have sexual partners is false. The claim is a result of a misrepresentation of passages within the documents, selective editing and outright fabrication. An expert told AAP FactCheck the guides are aimed at helping to guide schools, teachers and health educators and stress the need to teach sexuality education to children in an age-appropriate way. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

A Freedom of Informa...: A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed the voice will propose Indigenous people only pay 50 per cent the rate of income tax. The claim an FoI request revealed the voice will propose several measures including a 50 per cent reduction in the rate of income tax for Indigenous Australians is false. There is no mention of any of the supposed proposals in any FoI release on the NIAA’s disclosure log. Instead, the claim appears to confuse two different claims on the subject of the voice. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: NASA said snake plants improve home air quality Has NASA confirmed that snake plants enhance indoor air quality?No. NASA did not issue a specific report confirming that snake plants enhance home air quality. The belief stems from a common misconception surrounding the "NASA Clean Air Study," which is often associated with NASA (Source: Thip Media)