👤 Cameron Atfield

25 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
25
2026-09-17 – 2026-10-28
Claims per article
26
639 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,894
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

Sports
32%
Politics
24%
Economy/Business
12%
Crime & Law
8%
Entertainment
8%
Environment
8%
Most-tagged topics
BrisbaneQueenslandCFMEULNPLoganBrisbane 2032LaborRockhampton

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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
ABC reporter saves man from sinking car
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
Victim shot in head remains critical as hunt for gunmen continues
5 outlets covered this event
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports
Secrecy over Olympic rowing course fuels south-east rower backlash
5 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports
Rocky rowing course passes assessment ‘with flying colours’
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Bridge construction site party almost cancelled Riverfire, inquiry hears
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
CFMEU vows to build Brisbane’s Olympic stadium, despite LNP hostility
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Rocky rowing course passes assessment ‘with flying colours’
🔮 “GIICA will now finalise the investigations to deliver the PVR to government in the coming months with concept design well advanced at 80 per cent complete,” an animated Bleijie told parliament. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Secrecy over Olympic rowing course fuels south-east rower backlash
🔮 “I make the observation that it does, however, provide the certainty for us to be able to move forward and deliver exactly what we said we would do, which is rowing here [in Rockhampton].” assertive
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Train services to be fully restored as QR finalises pay deals with unions
🔮 Unions have been bargaining in the Fair Work Commission since May, and services were cut to the equivalent of a Saturday timetable to allow QR to cope with a maintenance backlog. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Rowing… and rugby? Rockhampton in line for more Olympic events
🔮 Rockhampton could host more than just rowing for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the Central Queensland city making a pitch to host more events at its new stadium. mixed
2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
NRL club in off-field battle over Phintellectual property rights
🔮 “People have said to me, ‘You know, you can make a motza out of this,’ which you probably could if you really wanted to be hard-headed and pull in some big-shot lawyers – and if you had the money to back you up,” Kershaw said. assertive
2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Feds dismiss koala habitat appeal against Brisbane 2032 venue
🔮 The Redlands-based Community Alliance for Responsible Planning appealed to federal Environment Minister Murray Watt in June, with what alliance president Lavinia Wood said was expert evidence the project could be devastating to the local koala habitat. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald
CFMEU vows to build Brisbane’s Olympic stadium, despite LNP hostility
🔮 A consortium consisting of BESIX Watpac and John Holland was selected as the sole applicant in the final stage of contractor negotiations on Wednesday, all but guaranteeing it would build Brisbane Stadium. CFMEU Queensland branch executive Jared Abbott said that also guaranteed his union’s involvement in the project, which would have political oversight by Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie – the CFMEU’s most vocal critic within the Crisafulli government. “Unionised workers built the Sydney Olympics, redeveloped the MCG, and constructed every major sporting arena in Queensland. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Catholic Church in bid to build new office building in Fortitude Valley
🔮 A heritage-listed Fortitude Valley church precinct could be transformed under plans for a new eight-storey commercial office building to sit alongside the historic St Patrick’s Church. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald
New Brisbane 2032 baseball and softball stadium one step closer
🔮 A pre-feasibility report into a privately funded stadium for baseball and softball will go before Logan City Council this week, continuing Mayor Jon Raven’s push for the diamond sports to be held in the city during the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The living flame’: Why Brisbane 2032 emblem designers chose a cheeky cockatoo
🔮 “We had a list of hundreds of different things that the emblem could be – the longest list, the most exhaustive list. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Wintergarden demolition to pave way for new CBD tower and laneway
🔮 Plans to strip away the Wintergarden’s landmark butterfly facade and remake parts of the Queen Street Mall have evolved into a much larger proposal that would effectively redevelop half a city block in the heart of Brisbane. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
World Cup trophy lands as secrecy swirls around Brisbane 2032 venue
🔮 The Women’s Softball World Cup trophy touched down in Redcliffe on Tuesday, with both softball and baseball hoping next April’s tournament will help them secure a place at Brisbane 2032. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane 2032 leaves door open to as-yet unfunded baseball stadium
🔮 Brisbane 2032 organisers have left the door open to a proposed ballpark in Logan to host baseball and softball during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite no guarantee it will be built. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Online mob descends on Brisbane cafe after One Nation joke
🔮 We will always support small businesses, regardless of the owners’ politics.” assertive
2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Crisafulli denies forcing senior Olympic executive out of top job
🔮 It was suggested in that reporting the LNP government would seek to have an ally installed to the role, and there were concerns in George Street about the amount of time she spent in her native US. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The LNP is adamant Brisbane 2032 will be delivered within budget. Here’s what voters think
🔮 The state LNP government has long insisted its 2032 delivery plan, jointly funded by the Commonwealth, would be delivered within the agreed $7.1 billion funding envelope. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald
From yum cha to ping-pong: Opening date set for $5 million venue
🔮 Come February, it will be home to Ballers Clubhouse, a “competitive socialising” venue full of interactive games such as darts, ping-pong, shuffleboard and ball pit karaoke (exactly what it sounds like) and a sports bar featuring large LED screen walls. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The winner is Cindy: The story behind Brisbane 2032’s emblem inspiration
🔮 Little did Sartore know, as he aimed his lens at a pink cockatoo called Cindy, that his photograph would one day help launch a global brand. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
New combatant to enter Albert Street burger battle
🔮 Brisbane’s CBD burger battle is intensifying, with Grill’d building a new Albert Street restaurant that would place it within metres of rivals Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Hungry Jack’s and KFC. assertive
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC reporter saves man from sinking car
🔮 Journalist Will Murray was reporting on south-east Queensland’s heavy downpours on Thursday morning when he saw the 4WD attempt to drive over flooded Buchanan Road at Morayfield. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Victim shot in head remains critical as hunt for gunmen continues
🔮 Galpin said event organisers told police there was nothing to suggest something might occur before “at least half-a-dozen shots” were fired at people standing near a drop-off zone outside the venue from the front passenger window of a Mitsubishi. assertive
2026-10-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald
3mm puddle of water halted $20b rail project, CFMEU inquiry told
🔮 If Barker did not comply, he said, Rielly would go to his car and “grab [his] bat and start swinging it around”. “[Rielly] said, ‘I’m not going to hit you. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Bridge construction site party almost cancelled Riverfire, inquiry hears
🔮 In his testimony on Wednesday, Ross said CFMEU site delegate Cameron Paul asked him if he could bring his family to the bridge worksite for the 2023 Riverfire, a request he granted after doing the same thing the year prior. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald
CFMEU commissioner considers fast-tracking recommendations
🔮 In May, Deputy Premier and Industrial Relations Minister Jarrod Bleijie extended the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and Misconduct in the Construction Industry by almost 18 months to December 3, 2027. assertive
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