What was claimed
Videos show Australian politicians debating contentious issues in parliament.
Our verdict
False. The videos are AI-generated and the politicians depicted in the clips do not exist.
AAP FACTCHECK - Facebook spammers are stirring up debate by posting clips of Australian MPs asking contentious questions in parliament, but the videos are AI-generated.
The people depicted in the videos are not real politicians and the parliamentary questions shown were never asked.
One video shows a woman in a maroon suit jacket reading from a piece of paper while a man in a dark suit nods along.
The woman is standing in front of a green leather bench in what appears to be the House of Representatives, while the man nodding along is sitting on a red leather bench typical of those in the Senate.
“Australia is in debate,” the woman says in the clip. "Should Australia cancel drivers’ licences after age 60 to improve road safety? What do you think about this?"
Comments on the post suggest some viewers believe the video is real.
“Are you people serious? Has to be some young politician who does not drive,” one user commented.
“I think this is yet another nasty form of making older Aussies feel attacked! Wake up,” another comment reads.
The two people depicted in the clip are not Australian federal politicians and the question does not appear in Hansard, the official record of parliament.
Visual clues also suggest the clip is AI-generated.
At the beginning of the video, the male politician is holding a pen in his right hand. However, when he lifts his hands to his suit at the end of the clip, the pen disappears.
Additionally, engraved letters on the desk in front of the woman appear to spell the nonsensical word “AUSTLIM”.
The same Facebook account has published dozens of similar AI-generated clips purporting to show a female politician asking a contentious question while a male politician watches on.
Each clip ends with the female politician asking “What do you think about this?”.
One video depicts a female politician asking if Australia should limit foreign ownership of residential homes.
At the end of the video, the wooden desk in front of her appears to be engraved with “YESSSK”, “YES” and “NO”, which is likely an AI-generated visual error.
Other videos purport to show politicians asking if Australia should “ditch cash” and move to a full cashless society, if the highway speed limit should be lifted to 150 kilometres per hour, if the national anthem should be made part of school assemblies, if Australia should invest in nuclear energy and if Australia should become a republic.
None of the supposed parliamentary questions appear in official Hansard records.
A Hansard search for “What do you think about this?”, a phrase that is used in every clip, returns seven results during the current parliament, which began in July 2025.
None of these instances relate to the questions depicted in the videos.
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