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Election FactCheck Q A: Is Australia's foreign debt nearly $1 trillion, up from $74 billion last year?

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The 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, May 30, 2016.

Our foreign debt is approaching $1 trillion,...

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