The page claims a Dockers player caused ructions within the club by refusing to wear a “pride round” jersey, and that a Perth man was on the phone to his wife when he was attacked by a shark. Neither story is true.

Ken Wyatt said contracts flowed mainly to businesses in major capital cities despite most Indigenous Australians living outside the capitals.

Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing.