In relation to a FactCheck testing Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s assertion that Indigenous children are ten times as likely to be living in out of home care, her spokesman said by email:
The figure came from the Out of Home care report tabled August 19, 2015 by the Community Affairs References Committee.
It can be found in Chapter 1,...
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, speaking on Q&A, February 15, 2016.Q&AThe Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.
Excerpt from Q&A, February 15, 2016.
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