Fact Check redux: Unit reborn as RMIT-ABC joint venture eight months after axing

By Karl Quinn
Updated February 14 2017 - 10:13pm, first published 5:29pm
Russell Skelton will relocate from the ABC to RMIT to head up the joint venture Fact Check unit.
Russell Skelton will relocate from the ABC to RMIT to head up the joint venture Fact Check unit.
Treasurer Scott Morrison invoked teh old 'fake news' line to defelct an unwelcome question on talkback radio last week. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Treasurer Scott Morrison invoked teh old 'fake news' line to defelct an unwelcome question on talkback radio last week. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Eight months after it was axed as a result of government funding cuts, the ABC's Fact Check department is to be relaunched – as a joint venture with a university.

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