A Facebook post uses the image of a text, written in Spanish, which says that Australia has passed a law that prohibits the cultivation of its own food. The shared image seems to refer to a news story in which the alleged ban is reported, but the content is not attached to reality, it is only false information that circulates on social networks.
fake sharing on facebook
There are several Facebook posts (this, this, this or this, this and this one) with the same content, all of which have already been verified and classified as false, but the idea that Australia has passed a law that prohibits the cultivation for own consumption continues to be widespread.
First of all, Dan Andrews is not the Australian Prime Minister. The country’s prime minister was, at the time of publication, Scott Morrison, who led the Conservative coalition that was in power until the May 21 election when Labor managed to return to power. Daniel Andrews is chief executive of the state of Victoria, whose capital is Melbourne.
Regarding the central point of the publication, the amendments to the Farm Bill of the country are still being worked on in the Australian Parliament, but in the revision proposal that is available in this link there is no reference to the express prohibition of the cultivation of food by the citizens themselves.
In the government’s fact sheet on the amendments included in the bill, moreover, it is clear from the outset that “the amendments will not result in the destruction of plantations or prevent people from growing their own food.”
More: After the information began to circulate on social media, the Australian government itself denied the content of the posts: “The information circulating online misrepresents the amendments to the Farm Bill Amendment Bill.”
Others are added to this denial, all related to the changes that will be made to the country’s Agrarian Law and that are giving rise to the dissemination of various false information on social networks.
conclusion
It is not true that Australia has passed any laws prohibiting the cultivation of food for its own cultivation. The information is one of the false narratives created around the changes to the country’s Agrarian Law and has even been denied by the government.
Thus, according to the Observer classification system, this content is:
WRONG
In the Facebook rating system, this content is:
FALSE: The main content claims are factually inaccurate. In general, this option matches “false” or “mostly false” ratings on fact-checking websites.
NOTE: This content was curated by The Observer as part of a fact-checking partnership with Facebook.
Source: Observadora
