culturewars Claims | PoliticalClaims.au

C0123 True

7.0

"Appointed a failed Liberal candidate to the SBS board instead of any of the ones recommended by the independent nominations panel."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars

C0127 Partially True

5.0

"Loosened enterprise bargaining laws to allow employers to introduce new agreements which are not 'better off overall' for employees, in ordinary circu..."

Culture WarsUnion

C0135 Misleading

4.0

"Introduced a scheme to pay community broadcasters to give up spectrum rights, and possibly force the SBS and ABC to give up their spectrum rights, wit..."

ABCCulture WarsTech

C0144 Partially True

6.0

"Lied by claiming that a maritime union strike at a port was delaying medical supplies, when the strikers were still processing medical and perishable ..."

Culture WarsUnion

C0149 Partially True

5.0

"Introduced a mandatory code of conduct to force companies like Google to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to large private news companies (but not ..."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars

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

C0186 Partially True

6.0

"Drafted the Religious Discrimination Bill which would allow employers religious schools to fire staff for being gay. They claim that making it possibl..."

Culture WarsDefamationEthics

C0240 True

7.0

"Lied about their new anti-union legislation, claiming unions can't be deregistered as punishment for any single wrongdoing, when the legislation does ..."

Culture WarsUnion

C0242 Partially True

6.0

"Granted ministers to power to use the military to quell domestic protests and industrial action, including shoot-to-kill powers when infrastructure is..."

ClimateCorruptionCulture Wars +4 more

C0259 Partially True

6.5

"Voted against a United Nations motion for increased sexual education about women's health, opposition to female genital mutilation, and access to safe..."

Culture WarsEthicsInternational +1 more

C0283 True

8.0

"Handed out $17.1M to private TV stations for a grant they didn't ask for, without offering the money to the public broadcaster."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars +1 more

C0318 Partially True

6.5

"Spent $48.7 million on a single Captain Cook memorial. There are already 35 Captain Cook memorials in Australia. The money was taken from the ABC budg..."

ABCCulture WarsTax

C0319 Partially True

7.0

"Cut $84 million from the ABC (again)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0323 Partially True

6.0

"Increased the difficulty of the citizenship English test, so that applicants who are able to speak 'basic' English will be rejected."

Culture WarsInternational

C0329 Partially True

6.0

"Banned the Eureka flag and all union symbols and slogans from personal equipment on federal construction sites, no matter how small or subtle they are..."

Culture WarsCyberDefamation +1 more

C0350 Partially True

6.0

"Added politically weighted questions about coal to the citizenship test."

ClimateCulture WarsEnvironment

C0375 True

8.0

"Prohibited the Aboriginal Legal Service from giving evidence at a legal enquiry into the loosening of racial hate-speech laws."

Culture WarsCyberDefamation +2 more

C0376 Partially True

6.0

"Re-established the construction industry watchdog, which spent $100,000 investigating two mates for having a cup of tea on site."

Culture WarsTaxUnion

C0445 Partially True

5.0

"Proposed new powers for job agencies so that they can fine unemployed people, without any oversight, and with minimal avenues for recourse."

Culture WarsWelfare

C0452 True

7.0

"Spent $3.3 million on another study into 'wind turbine syndrome', even though their own senate inquiries have shown there's no such thing. The committ..."

ClimateCulture WarsEnvironment

C0458 Misleading

4.0

"Scrapped the 'Safe Schools' anti-bullying program, on the National Day of Action Against Bullying."

Culture WarsEducationEthics +1 more

C0462 True

6.0

"Requested in inquiry into an anti-bullying program which focused on fostering tolerance for queer youth."

Culture WarsEthicsYouth

C0484 Misleading

4.0

"Appointed a Windfarm Commissioner, who is paid $205,000 per year for the part-time job, who received only 2 valid complaints in its first year."

ClimateCulture WarsEnvironment

C0573 True

7.0

"Rejected the crowdfunded offer of free solar panels with free installation for Kirribilli House."

ClimateCulture WarsTax

C0592 Misleading

5.0

"Knighted Prince Phillip, a non-Australian who asked Indigenous leaders 'Do you still throw spears at each other?'."

Culture Wars

C0622 True

6.0

"Started another senate inquiry into wind farms, to look at the effect of wind power on power bills, even though the government's own reviews have alre..."

ClimateCulture WarsEconomy +1 more

C0623 Misleading

4.0

"Started an online petition to stop job losses at the ABC, just 36 hours after cutting ABC funding by 5%."

ABCCulture Wars

C0641 True

8.0

"Broke an election promise by cutting ABC funding again ($120 million this time)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0649 Partially True

5.0

"Rejected visa applications for unionists who wanted to attend a conference, because they didn't have enough 'personal wealth'."

Culture WarsUnion

C0650 Misleading

3.0

"Tried to introduce WorkChoices again. The changes will make it legal for employers to pay workers in pizza instead of money. Some workers will get les..."

Culture WarsUnion

C0722 True

7.0

"Cut $38 million from Australian television and film funding."

ABCCulture Wars

C0760 Partially True

5.0

"Spent $245 million for religious chaplains in schools. Secular schools were stripped of the option of hiring a secular equivalent. No guarantees have ..."

Culture WarsEconomyEducation +2 more

C0766 True

9.0

"Broke an election promise by cutting $40 million from the SBS and ABC."

ABCCulture Wars

C0777 True

8.0

"Broke an election promise to not cut ABC funding, by cutting all funding to the Australia Network (part of the ABC)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0778 True

8.0

"Described wind farms as 'utterly offensive' and 'a blight on the landscape'."

ClimateCulture Wars

C0793 Misleading

3.0

"Claimed a 2.5% reduction in funding every year for the ABC is not a funding cut."

ABCCulture Wars

C0818 Partially True

6.0

"Reintroduced the British system of knights and dames, only 3 months after saying they would not do so."

Culture Wars

C0821 Partially True

6.0

"Claimed that all Australians have the 'right to be a bigot'."

Culture WarsCyberDefamation +1 more

C0827 Partially True

6.0

"Vowed to revive a part of WorkChoices which means construction Industry Enterprise Bargaining Agreements don't apply to subcontractors doing Commonwea..."

Culture WarsUnion

C0910 True

6.0

"Criticised the ABC because they are not biased towards the Government."

ABCCulture Wars

C0917 Partially True

6.0

"Defeated moves to cease the recital of the (Christian) Lord's prayer at the start of each sitting day of (secular) federal parliament."

CorruptionCulture Wars

C0933 True

7.0

"Scrapped the Building Multicultural Communities Program. 400 community organizations will now miss out on the promised funding they have already budge..."

Culture WarsIndigenousRefugees

C0937 Partially True

6.0

"Criticised the ABC for not 'advancing Australia's broad and enduring interests in the Asian region', without actually accusing the ABC of any specific..."

ABCCulture Wars

C0975 Partially True

6.0

"Made Orwellian threats about cutting ABC funding because the government didn't like one of their stories, and because their quality of journalism is t..."

ABCCulture Wars

C0989 True

6.0

"Introduced a bill which allows for unpaid union officials in elected roles to be jailed for up to 5 years and fined up to $340,000."

Culture WarsUnion

C0997 True

6.0

"Overruled the ACT government when they legalised same sex marriage."

Culture WarsEthics

All culturewars Claims

"Appointed a failed Liberal candidate to the SBS board instead of any of the ones recommended by the independent nominations panel."

"Loosened enterprise bargaining laws to allow employers to introduce new agreements which are not 'better off overall' for employees, in ordinary circu..."

"Introduced a scheme to pay community broadcasters to give up spectrum rights, and possibly force the SBS and ABC to give up their spectrum rights, wit..."

"Lied by claiming that a maritime union strike at a port was delaying medical supplies, when the strikers were still processing medical and perishable ..."

"Introduced a mandatory code of conduct to force companies like Google to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to large private news companies (but not ..."

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

"Drafted the Religious Discrimination Bill which would allow employers religious schools to fire staff for being gay. They claim that making it possibl..."

"Lied about their new anti-union legislation, claiming unions can't be deregistered as punishment for any single wrongdoing, when the legislation does ..."

"Granted ministers to power to use the military to quell domestic protests and industrial action, including shoot-to-kill powers when infrastructure is..."

"Voted against a United Nations motion for increased sexual education about women's health, opposition to female genital mutilation, and access to safe..."

"Handed out $17.1M to private TV stations for a grant they didn't ask for, without offering the money to the public broadcaster."

"Spent $48.7 million on a single Captain Cook memorial. There are already 35 Captain Cook memorials in Australia. The money was taken from the ABC budg..."

"Cut $84 million from the ABC (again)."

"Increased the difficulty of the citizenship English test, so that applicants who are able to speak 'basic' English will be rejected."

"Banned the Eureka flag and all union symbols and slogans from personal equipment on federal construction sites, no matter how small or subtle they are..."

"Added politically weighted questions about coal to the citizenship test."

"Prohibited the Aboriginal Legal Service from giving evidence at a legal enquiry into the loosening of racial hate-speech laws."

"Re-established the construction industry watchdog, which spent $100,000 investigating two mates for having a cup of tea on site."

"Proposed new powers for job agencies so that they can fine unemployed people, without any oversight, and with minimal avenues for recourse."

"Spent $3.3 million on another study into 'wind turbine syndrome', even though their own senate inquiries have shown there's no such thing. The committ..."

"Scrapped the 'Safe Schools' anti-bullying program, on the National Day of Action Against Bullying."

"Requested in inquiry into an anti-bullying program which focused on fostering tolerance for queer youth."

"Appointed a Windfarm Commissioner, who is paid $205,000 per year for the part-time job, who received only 2 valid complaints in its first year."

"Rejected the crowdfunded offer of free solar panels with free installation for Kirribilli House."

"Knighted Prince Phillip, a non-Australian who asked Indigenous leaders 'Do you still throw spears at each other?'."

"Started another senate inquiry into wind farms, to look at the effect of wind power on power bills, even though the government's own reviews have alre..."

"Started an online petition to stop job losses at the ABC, just 36 hours after cutting ABC funding by 5%."

"Broke an election promise by cutting ABC funding again ($120 million this time)."

"Rejected visa applications for unionists who wanted to attend a conference, because they didn't have enough 'personal wealth'."

"Tried to introduce WorkChoices again. The changes will make it legal for employers to pay workers in pizza instead of money. Some workers will get les..."

"Cut $38 million from Australian television and film funding."

"Spent $245 million for religious chaplains in schools. Secular schools were stripped of the option of hiring a secular equivalent. No guarantees have ..."

"Broke an election promise by cutting $40 million from the SBS and ABC."

"Broke an election promise to not cut ABC funding, by cutting all funding to the Australia Network (part of the ABC)."

"Described wind farms as 'utterly offensive' and 'a blight on the landscape'."

"Claimed a 2.5% reduction in funding every year for the ABC is not a funding cut."

"Reintroduced the British system of knights and dames, only 3 months after saying they would not do so."

"Claimed that all Australians have the 'right to be a bigot'."

"Vowed to revive a part of WorkChoices which means construction Industry Enterprise Bargaining Agreements don't apply to subcontractors doing Commonwea..."

"Criticised the ABC because they are not biased towards the Government."

"Defeated moves to cease the recital of the (Christian) Lord's prayer at the start of each sitting day of (secular) federal parliament."

"Scrapped the Building Multicultural Communities Program. 400 community organizations will now miss out on the promised funding they have already budge..."

"Criticised the ABC for not 'advancing Australia's broad and enduring interests in the Asian region', without actually accusing the ABC of any specific..."

"Made Orwellian threats about cutting ABC funding because the government didn't like one of their stories, and because their quality of journalism is t..."

"Introduced a bill which allows for unpaid union officials in elected roles to be jailed for up to 5 years and fined up to $340,000."

"Overruled the ACT government when they legalised same sex marriage."

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