Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The New South Wales government has backflipped on its plan to force cafes to offer customers who dine in the option of mugs and glasses instead of takeaway cups.
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who → backflippe → cups
Chris Minns’ government will also ditch a law that would have required businesses to participate in a reusable cup scheme or risk a fine up to $110,000.
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that → ditch → fine
Labor reversed its position a week after the legislation passed parliament, following a backlash from small businesses and News Corp Australia.
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legislation → reverse → businesses
The reform was part of the Minns government’s plan to reduce plastic waste given Sydney’s landfill is projected to run out by 2030.
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landfill → reduce → 2030
The laws to be axed would have made it a requirement for cafes to offer mugs or glasses when customers dined in from 2028.
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customers → ax → 2028
The NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe, told 2GB radio on Wednesday morning that the government would repeal the laws relating to mugs and glasses and the potential $110,000 fine.
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government → tell → mugs
“We know small businesses are under pressure and we want them to be able to operate in the way that they need to operate, to run their business,” she said.
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she → know → business
Separate reforms requiring businesses to accept customers’ own reusable cups – so long as they are “clean” – will remain in place.
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they → require → place
So too will a law requiring single-use takeaway cups to be recyclable by 2028.
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law → require → 2028
The Daily Telegraph ran a front page last week with the headline “‘Nup’ to the Cup”.
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Telegraph → run → Cup
The premier, Chris Minns, had defended the legislation in an interview on 2GB on Tuesday, stating the government was “not getting rid of disposable cups anywhere in any place”.
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government → defend → place
“I use disposable cups, most people use disposable cups,” he said.
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he → use → cups
“I don’t know whether we’ve done a good enough job of explaining the policy.”
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we → know → policy
On Wednesday, Sharpe said she had spoken with Minns.
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she → say → Minns
“We said: ‘Look, do we need to mandate this?’ Sharpe said.
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Sharpe → say → this
“No, we don’t, and that’s why it’s really important that we need to clear this up.”
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we → do → this
Sharpe has asked the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to issue a “statement of regulatory intent” to make clear the government was not progressing with certain changes.
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progressing → ask → changes
The legislation won’t be repealed until after the March 2027 election.
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legislation → repeal → election
Only two sitting weeks remain before parliament is dissolved.
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parliament → remain → ?
On Tuesday, the NSW opposition had said if elected next year it would repeal the laws which it claimed “add another layer of regulation that is suffocating NSW businesses”.
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that → say → businesses
Both are running pro-small business platforms and pledging significant cuts to payroll tax.
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Both → run → tax
One Nation has said it would cut the tax employers pay on wages by half, slashing it completely in regional areas.
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employers → say → areas
Last week, Minns backed down from implementing changes to several local and regional rail line timetables following a backlash from commuters.
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Minns → back → commuters
A Guardian Essential conducted last week suggested Labor and One Nation were neck and neck on 28% of the primary vote nationwide with the Coalition on 23%.
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Labor → conduct → %
Minns told 2GB on Tuesday that “by any poll, by any measure”, NSW’s One Nation leader, Mike Newman, would be premier or opposition leader following the March poll.
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leader → tell → poll
The premier has called on One Nation to cost its election policies through the NSW budget office but Newman has refused to commit the party to this.
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Newman → call → this
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