👤 Ross Gittins

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-15 – 2026-10-13
Claims per article
49
147 extracted in total
Hedged claims
3%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,905
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Economy/Business
67%
Politics
33%
Most-tagged topics
AustraliaAustraliansCoalitionCurtin Business School’sLaborLiberalsOne NationReserve

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
I’m sick of immigration being blamed for problems it doesn’t cause
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
Trying to tame inflation with higher interest rates is dumb and unfair
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
Feeling the pinch? Blame the pay rise you didn’t get
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Feeling the pinch? Blame the pay rise you didn’t get
🔮 The economy is close to stalling speed, and if we’re not careful, it will start contracting – getting smaller rather than bigger – otherwise known as being in recession. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Trying to tame inflation with higher interest rates is dumb and unfair
🔮 Let me be the last to tell you: the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the official interest rate for the fourth time this year, taking it to 4.6 per cent, will hurt people with mortgages. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald
I’m sick of immigration being blamed for problems it doesn’t cause
🔮 This, they boast, would be the biggest cut to immigration in our history. assertive
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