covid Claims | PoliticalClaims.au

C0024 Partially True

6.0

"Did not follow cyber security best practice for COVID digital vaccines. They have no effective way to report vulnerabilities, let alone have bug bount..."

COVIDCyberTech

C0025 True

7.0

"Refused to publish numbers about how many COVID close contacts had been identified by the COVIDSafe app. They said it's the job of state governments t..."

CorruptionCOVID

C0042 Misleading

4.0

"Waited 4 months between being told by the Therapeutic Goods Administration that a new treatment for cystic fibrosis should be allowed, before putting ..."

COVIDTax

C0045 Partially True

6.5

"Built no quarantine centers for COVID, leaving the responsibility for COVID response to the state governments, even though the constitution (clause V...."

COVID

C0050 Partially True

5.5

"Failed to mentioned in the COVIDSafe app privacy policy that information about the phone model and device name (e.g. 'Mary's iPhone') is broadcast ove..."

COVIDCyberSafety +2 more

C0056 Partially True

8.0

"Refused to publish minutes from the national cabinet tackling COVID. After a judge ruled that it must be published, they introduced a new law to keep ..."

CorruptionCOVID

C0073 Partially True

5.5

"Refused to tell the public how much they're paying a private company to build the COVID vaccine passport system which is already 6 months behind sched..."

CorruptionCOVIDTax

C0076 Partially True

6.5

"Broke their own law by not conducting a report into the privacy impacts and effectiveness of the COVIDSafe app every 6 months."

COVIDCyberTech

C0082 Partially True

6.0

"Paid hundreds of millions of dollars to for-profit private companies to oversee and deliver COVID vaccine distribution, instead of using the existing,..."

CorruptionCOVIDDonors +1 more

C0086 Partially True

6.0

"Paid $6.7 million in JobKeeper subsidies to a private company whose profits quadrupled during 2020, and which is half-owned by a foreigner via a shell..."

COVIDEconomyTax +1 more

C0115 Partially True

5.0

"Prevented Australians stranded overseas during the pandemic from boarding existing chartered flights, resulting in empty planes flying into Australia."

COVID

C0117 Partially True

6.0

"Removed the names of many Australians stranded overseas during the pandemic from the register of stranded Australians, while they were still stranded."

COVID

C0133 True

7.0

"Lied by claiming that Kevin Rudd had travelled overseas and back during COVID while many Australians are still stranded overseas, when Mr Rudd had act..."

COVID

C0137 Partially True

6.5

"Refused to release a report into COVID policy communication strategies, which cost over $500,000."

CorruptionCOVIDTax

C0140 Partially True

6.0

"Introduced instant asset write off tax breaks for businesses during COVID, which will cost over $30 billion, to boost the economy by only $10 billion."

COVIDEconomyTax

C0153 Partially True

6.0

"Cut $2 billion in funding for university research, including funding for medical research during the pandemic."

COVIDEducationScience +1 more

C0155 Partially True

6.5

"Loosened corporate financial disclosure rules during the pandemic, preventing investors from lodging class actions against companies who mislead the m..."

COVIDEconomy

C0158 Misleading

3.0

"Introduced protections for company executives who trade while insolvent during the pandemic. This is only for cases where the debts are incurred 'the ..."

COVIDEconomySafety

C0162 True

8.0

"Refused to release the minutes from an important meeting of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee giving COVID advice to the Prime Mini..."

CorruptionCOVID

C0175 Partially True

6.0

"Created the ABCC ostensibly for reducing corruption, but the ABCC boss himself violated rules and endangered people by ignoring COVID flight restricti..."

CorruptionCOVIDCulture Wars +1 more

C0178 Partially True

4.0

"Failed to stop the only boat that has posed a real and substantial risk to Australia's national security. The government chose to grant an exemption t..."

COVIDRefugees

C0181 Partially True

6.0

"Announced $50 million in funding to help the Australian film industry cope during the pandemic, but did not publish any instructions on how eligible, ..."

COVIDEconomy

C0188 Partially True

6.5

"Set up the COVID-19 National Co-ordination Committee with no terms of reference, no register of conflicts of interest, and then stacked it with gas co..."

ClimateCorruptionCOVID +1 more

C0191 Partially True

6.0

"Falsely attributed COVID infection rate success to the COVIDSafe app, even though the only cases detected by the app at the time had already been dete..."

COVID

C0192 Partially True

6.0

"Took 21 days to fix a known security vulnerability in the COVIDSafe app."

COVIDCyberTech

C0194 Partially True

6.0

"Released the COVIDSafe app with a known bug that makes it useless on iPhones when the phone is locked."

COVID

C0195 True

8.5

"Ignored security best practices when deploying the COVIDSafe app, choosing not to run a bug bounty, and choosing not to publish the source code prompt..."

COVIDCyberTech

C0198 Partially True

5.0

"Lied when claiming that the USA government cannot view sensitive COVIDSafe data, even though the American encryption back-door laws that allow the US ..."

COVIDCyberTech

C0298 Partially True

6.5

"Rolled out the My Health Record to the whole country as an opt-out system, despite safety concerns about how abusive stalkers can use it, and despite ..."

COVIDCyberSafety +2 more

C0332 Partially True

2.0

"Accidentally exposed the personal health records of millions of Australians, including whether they have had abortions or are on HIV medication."

COVIDCyberWomen

C0347 Partially True

7.0

"Cut all funding for the 40 year-old Haymarket health clinic for the homeless, resulting in its closure."

COVIDWelfare

C0348 Partially True

6.0

"Lied about when they found out about the sale of Medicare data on the black market."

CorruptionCOVIDCyber

C0349 Misleading

6.5

"Claimed to have not suffered a cybersecurity breach after the systems storing sensitive Medicare information had their security breached, and then tha..."

COVIDCyberTech

C0363 Partially True

6.0

"Voted against changes which would reduce the wait times for medicinal cannabis from months down to hours. It currently takes up to 19 months to get ap..."

COVIDTerror

C0364 True

7.0

"Started drug testing welfare recipients without consulting legal, medical or drug experts. They simultaneously claim people will be selected randomly ..."

COVIDTerrorWelfare

C0371 Partially True

5.0

"Refused to release the results for the trial of a national health register."

CorruptionCOVID

C0389 Partially True

7.0

"Cut $180,000 from children's dental care funding, and almost $300 million for adult dental care."

COVID

C0403 Partially True

3.0

"Falsely advertised the closure of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, despite Parliament rejecting the closure attempt."

CorruptionCOVID

C0414 True

7.0

"Cut $50 million from dental healthcare funding."

COVID

C0416 Partially True

6.0

"Chose not to add HIV prevention medication PrEP to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which would have brought down the cost from $1000 per month to ..."

COVIDEconomy

C0422 Partially True

6.5

"Removed subsidies for blood sugar test strips. Now 600,000 diabetics will be forced to pay $60 per box instead of $1.20."

COVIDEconomy

C0423 Partially True

3.0

"Did not implement recommendations from their own paper, about reducing the permissible level of sulfur in our petrol to align with European standards,..."

ClimateCOVIDEnvironment

C0431 Misleading

3.0

"Cut all funding for Australia's only eating disorder helpline."

COVID

C0444 True

7.0

"Cut $650 million in bulk billing incentives for pathology."

COVIDEconomy

C0448 True

8.0

"Cut all funding to Australia's only youth-led sexual health organisation."

COVIDEthicsYouth

C0471 Partially True

6.0

"Increased the cost of pap smears."

COVIDEconomyWomen

C0491 Misleading

4.0

"Tried to remove exclusion zones around abortion clinics which are designed to protect patients from harassment."

COVIDEthicsWomen

C0533 True

8.0

"Broke an election promise by scrapping Medicare locals."

COVID

C0541 Partially True

5.0

"Introduced 2 year jail sentences for doctors who disclose government wrongdoing and the high rates of health problems in immigration detention centers..."

CorruptionCOVIDRefugees

C0580 True

7.0

"Cut funding to Blind Citizens Australia, Deaf Australia and Down Syndrome Australia."

COVID

All covid Claims

"Did not follow cyber security best practice for COVID digital vaccines. They have no effective way to report vulnerabilities, let alone have bug bount..."

"Refused to publish numbers about how many COVID close contacts had been identified by the COVIDSafe app. They said it's the job of state governments t..."

"Waited 4 months between being told by the Therapeutic Goods Administration that a new treatment for cystic fibrosis should be allowed, before putting ..."

"Built no quarantine centers for COVID, leaving the responsibility for COVID response to the state governments, even though the constitution (clause V...."

"Failed to mentioned in the COVIDSafe app privacy policy that information about the phone model and device name (e.g. 'Mary's iPhone') is broadcast ove..."

"Refused to publish minutes from the national cabinet tackling COVID. After a judge ruled that it must be published, they introduced a new law to keep ..."

"Refused to tell the public how much they're paying a private company to build the COVID vaccine passport system which is already 6 months behind sched..."

"Broke their own law by not conducting a report into the privacy impacts and effectiveness of the COVIDSafe app every 6 months."

"Paid hundreds of millions of dollars to for-profit private companies to oversee and deliver COVID vaccine distribution, instead of using the existing,..."

"Paid $6.7 million in JobKeeper subsidies to a private company whose profits quadrupled during 2020, and which is half-owned by a foreigner via a shell..."

"Prevented Australians stranded overseas during the pandemic from boarding existing chartered flights, resulting in empty planes flying into Australia."

"Removed the names of many Australians stranded overseas during the pandemic from the register of stranded Australians, while they were still stranded."

"Lied by claiming that Kevin Rudd had travelled overseas and back during COVID while many Australians are still stranded overseas, when Mr Rudd had act..."

"Refused to release a report into COVID policy communication strategies, which cost over $500,000."

"Introduced instant asset write off tax breaks for businesses during COVID, which will cost over $30 billion, to boost the economy by only $10 billion."

"Cut $2 billion in funding for university research, including funding for medical research during the pandemic."

"Loosened corporate financial disclosure rules during the pandemic, preventing investors from lodging class actions against companies who mislead the m..."

"Introduced protections for company executives who trade while insolvent during the pandemic. This is only for cases where the debts are incurred 'the ..."

"Refused to release the minutes from an important meeting of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee giving COVID advice to the Prime Mini..."

"Created the ABCC ostensibly for reducing corruption, but the ABCC boss himself violated rules and endangered people by ignoring COVID flight restricti..."

"Failed to stop the only boat that has posed a real and substantial risk to Australia's national security. The government chose to grant an exemption t..."

"Announced $50 million in funding to help the Australian film industry cope during the pandemic, but did not publish any instructions on how eligible, ..."

"Set up the COVID-19 National Co-ordination Committee with no terms of reference, no register of conflicts of interest, and then stacked it with gas co..."

"Falsely attributed COVID infection rate success to the COVIDSafe app, even though the only cases detected by the app at the time had already been dete..."

"Took 21 days to fix a known security vulnerability in the COVIDSafe app."

"Released the COVIDSafe app with a known bug that makes it useless on iPhones when the phone is locked."

"Ignored security best practices when deploying the COVIDSafe app, choosing not to run a bug bounty, and choosing not to publish the source code prompt..."

"Lied when claiming that the USA government cannot view sensitive COVIDSafe data, even though the American encryption back-door laws that allow the US ..."

"Rolled out the My Health Record to the whole country as an opt-out system, despite safety concerns about how abusive stalkers can use it, and despite ..."

"Accidentally exposed the personal health records of millions of Australians, including whether they have had abortions or are on HIV medication."

"Cut all funding for the 40 year-old Haymarket health clinic for the homeless, resulting in its closure."

"Lied about when they found out about the sale of Medicare data on the black market."

"Claimed to have not suffered a cybersecurity breach after the systems storing sensitive Medicare information had their security breached, and then tha..."

"Voted against changes which would reduce the wait times for medicinal cannabis from months down to hours. It currently takes up to 19 months to get ap..."

"Started drug testing welfare recipients without consulting legal, medical or drug experts. They simultaneously claim people will be selected randomly ..."

"Refused to release the results for the trial of a national health register."

"Cut $180,000 from children's dental care funding, and almost $300 million for adult dental care."

"Falsely advertised the closure of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, despite Parliament rejecting the closure attempt."

"Cut $50 million from dental healthcare funding."

"Chose not to add HIV prevention medication PrEP to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which would have brought down the cost from $1000 per month to ..."

"Removed subsidies for blood sugar test strips. Now 600,000 diabetics will be forced to pay $60 per box instead of $1.20."

"Did not implement recommendations from their own paper, about reducing the permissible level of sulfur in our petrol to align with European standards,..."

"Cut all funding for Australia's only eating disorder helpline."

"Cut $650 million in bulk billing incentives for pathology."

"Cut all funding to Australia's only youth-led sexual health organisation."

"Increased the cost of pap smears."

"Tried to remove exclusion zones around abortion clinics which are designed to protect patients from harassment."

"Broke an election promise by scrapping Medicare locals."

"Introduced 2 year jail sentences for doctors who disclose government wrongdoing and the high rates of health problems in immigration detention centers..."

"Cut funding to Blind Citizens Australia, Deaf Australia and Down Syndrome Australia."

Other Categories