Fact file: Mandatory vaccination Prime Minister Scott Morrison caused a stir when he suggested a COVID-19 vaccine would be "as mandatory as you can possibly make it". What power does the Government have to make vaccines mandatory?

Fact file: State of emergency The Victorian Government's decision to extend the state of emergency has prompted fierce debate about the tension between emergency powers and normal democratic processes. But other jurisdictions can make an extension without going to Parliament.

CoronaCheck #38 Yet more misinformation regarding testing has been circulating on Facebook this week, with a post shared to a popular group accusing Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews of conducting extra tests to "keep the lockdown going".

Fact check: Aged care funding acquittal Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care Ged Kearney says that the aged care sector receives $20 billion of federal funding without having to acquit for where that money goes. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

CoronaCheck #37 Anti-lockdown advocates have been planning a protest for this weekend, using images of packed streets which they say are of a similar recent protest in Berlin. But fact checkers have found them to be sometimes decades old images from the internet.

Fact check: Super early access Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australians are being allowed to access their super early with "no scrutiny whatsoever" as part of the Government's coronavirus response plan. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

CoronaCheck #36 The Victorian branch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation has advocated for Melbourne's strict lockdown rules to be lifted, calling for an approach more akin to those in Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. What might that look like?

Fact file: Vaccine development Vaccine research for COVID-19 continues apace, with Russia set to release one in October, and other countries possibly by the end of the year. But the history of vaccine development has typically taken years, not months.

CoronaCheck #35 Anti-vaxxers have been using official advice from the WA Coroner's Court on assuming the cause of death as COVID-19 as evidence the death rate for the disease is being overstated. But experts point out this is normal practice in line with other causes of death.

Fact check: Aged care responsibility As coronavirus spread throughout various aged care facilities in Victoria in recent weeks, former opposition leader Bill Shorten claimed that aged care is a Federal Government responsibility. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

CoronaCheck #34 As coronavirus continues to see a resurgence in Australia, rumours have spread that the Federal Government is paying nursing homes thousands of dollars for residents who have their cause of death listed as COVID-19. Is there any factual basis to them?