👤 David Barwell

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-17 – 2026-11-02
Claims per article
24
196 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,787
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

Politics
38%
Economy/Business
25%
Environment
25%
Crime & Law
12%
Most-tagged topics
SydneyNSWAustraliaBarangarooGreensHeraldILGAInner West Council

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.
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
‘Precious, irreplaceable’: Howard headlines eclectic rally against Victoria Barracks sale
2 outlets covered this event
2026-11-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
The Sydney pub and the stoush over dance-floor caps and surveillance
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
The prime slice of coastal Sydney with roads, paths – and almost no homes
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
NSW’s next big thing? A giant pink slug
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The 23-metre walk that cost a developer a $44m Mosman housing tower
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
‘Sydney by the sea’: Inside the housing boom reshaping the NSW coast
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The plan to overhaul Sydney’s sought-after ‘city beach’ before summer
🔮 A dozen parking bays on the edge of the central business district are set to be transformed into an expansion of one of Sydney’s newest and most popular harbour swimming spots ahead of summer. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Totally exposed’: Harbour tensions flare over Walsh Bay event space
🔮 It would be operated by Navarra Venues, which runs a string of other Sydney venues including Le Montage at Lilyfield, Curzon Hall at Marsfield and Oatlands Estate. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Sydney by the sea’: Inside the housing boom reshaping the NSW coast
🔮 But a Herald analysis of projects already moving through the planning system suggests the eventual number could be substantially higher. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The 23-metre walk that cost a developer a $44m Mosman housing tower
🔮 The decision could have implications for the NSW government’s push to increase housing density across Sydney through its low- and mid-rise housing reforms, because the case turned on whether the site fell within a crucial 400-metre “safe walking distance” of Spit Junction. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
NSW’s next big thing? A giant pink slug
🔮 The proposed monument would shine a spotlight on the endangered Mount Kaputar pink slug, a land mollusc found exclusively in the high-altitude subalpine forests atop Mount Kaputar, an extinct volcano about 50 kilometres east of Narrabri. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Precious, irreplaceable’: Howard headlines eclectic rally against Victoria Barracks sale
🔮 The shift will impact up to 600 occupants including active personnel, up to a dozen defence families including those with young children, along with public servants, reservists and cadets. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The prime slice of coastal Sydney with roads, paths – and almost no homes
🔮 The plan, which includes an initial stage of 100 homes, three of which would be affordable dwellings, received initial support this month from the NSW government’s Housing Delivery Authority, a planning body established to boost housing supply through streamlined assessments that bypass local councils. assertive
2026-11-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney pub and the stoush over dance-floor caps and surveillance
🔮 The state’s liquor watchdog has rejected a NSW Police push to force a popular Newtown pub to introduce biometric facial recognition cameras and strict capacity limits on the dance floor, ruling the measures would be difficult to enforce and represent a disproportionate intrusion on patrons. assertive
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