👤 Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-18 – 2026-09-23
Claims per article
25
100 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,258
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
LaborVictoriaVictorianAllanAustralianCranbourneDepartment for TransportGuardian Australia

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 -0.28 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-23 · The Guardian · Politics
Bikies, ‘moral compass malfunctions’ and corruption cost: Victoria’s Big Build royal commission holds first public hearing
4 outlets covered this event
2026-09-21 · The Guardian · Politics
Datacentres in Victoria to be banned in residential areas
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-19 · The Guardian · Politics
Victorian Labor promises new offences to close domestic and family violence ‘loopholes’
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Politics
Alleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidates
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · World news | The Guardian
Alleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidates
🔮 Pauline Hanson announced who would be her party’s upper house candidates and Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, at a press conference last month. assertive
2026-09-19 · World news | The Guardian
Victorian Labor promises new offences to close domestic and family violence ‘loopholes’
🔮 A re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closing “loopholes” it says have allowed perpetrators of family violence to escape punishment. assertive
2026-09-21 · World news | The Guardian
Datacentres in Victoria to be banned in residential areas
🔮 Datacentres in Victoria will be banned in residential areas and required to use renewable energy and contribute to the community, under new state government rules. assertive
2026-09-23 · World news | The Guardian
Bikies, ‘moral compass malfunctions’ and corruption cost: Victoria’s Big Build royal commission holds first public hearing
🔮 The first briefing, which Allan did not sign, warned that the industrial relations environment on MTIA projects had become “highly challenging,” with an increase in “concerning behaviour” that could “significantly impact project costs and schedule”. assertive
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