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
Education
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
PerthAustraliaDefenceIsraelthe Perth Festivalthe University of Western Australiathe department of finance
Leaning
Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article;
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 -0.21
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 In 2024, the long-running Perth writers' festival announced it would be taking a break in 2025, coming back with a refreshed event in early 2026. assertive
🔮 Minister says defence land sell-off in prime Perth suburbs will not be clean sweep for developers
In short:
Defence Minister Richard Marles says the planned sale of Perth's Irwin and Leeuwin barracks will not see the sites bulldozed for housing.
Both sites are in desirable residential areas but are protected by heritage overlays, which will limit how far they can be developed.
What's next?
The sites will be remediated and prepared before they are transferred to the department of finance to be sold. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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