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Thousands choose festive favourite as 2026 Australian Insect of the Year

1 source1 article First seen 6 days ago Updated 6 days ago Australia Truth score 45

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Summary

More than 44,000 Australians voted in this year's ABC Australia Insect of the Year campaign, but which of our six finalists took home the gold?

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ABC News (Australia) Center Factuality: Very high AU 6 days ago
Thousands choose festive favourite as 2026 Australian Insect of the Year
More than 44,000 Australians voted in this year's ABC Australia Insect of the Year campaign, but which of our six finalists took home the gold?

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Truth score

45/100Limited corroboration

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 86/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

How well the story is corroborated by independent, reliable outlets across the spectrum. Not a fact-check of each claim. How the truth score works

Coverage by lean

Centre 100%100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 86/100 (Very high)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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Where the coverage comes from

Australia1