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  1. “Factcheck: The ABC’s claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support”

    When I read the ABC article, my mind did a backflip. We have a population of what? Some 25M ? 8M are on inscome support? That’s a little less than a Third of the population on income support? Wow, ‘No Way’ my mind said. Thats’ like, 1 in 3 ? Freaking hell!

    Read more:
    thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260

    #GiveMeBackMyABC #FactCheck #SloppyJournalism
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