👤 Patrick Commins

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-17 – 2026-10-11
Claims per article
38
152 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,157
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

Economy/Business
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
AustraliaAustralianCanadaLaborMelbourne Cup dayOne NationOne Nation’sRBA

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 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 -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Politics
Amid claims of ‘mass migration’, Labor hopes a measured approach will take the hot air out of the debate
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-29 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Danger zone: why war in the Middle East has landed the RBA’s inflation fight in tricky territory
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-11 · The Guardian · Politics
Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · World news | The Guardian
Amid claims of ‘mass migration’, Labor hopes a measured approach will take the hot air out of the debate
🔮 Tony Burke has promised to make Labor’s existing migration policy work better rather than announcing a dramatic cut in numbers, arguing that populist promises to slash net overseas migration will “trash Australian services and trash the Australian economy”. assertive
2026-09-29 · World news | The Guardian
Danger zone: why war in the Middle East has landed the RBA’s inflation fight in tricky territory
🔮 Yet there are signs that the central bank may be losing faith in this “slowly, slowly” strategy. assertive
2026-10-04 · World news | The Guardian
Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
🔮 Would slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standards? assertive
2026-10-11 · World news | The Guardian
Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?
🔮 Mark Cully, an economist and author of Waves of Plenty: Immigration and the Making of Australia, says such a policy would be “unprecedented”. assertive
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