👤 Alex Sinnott

15 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
15
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-18
Claims per article
18
269 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,690
characters
Writes for ABC News (AU).
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

Crime & Law
40%
Politics
33%
Entertainment
13%
Education
7%
Other
7%
Most-tagged topics
MelbourneVictoriaVictorianCoalitionLaborVictoria PoliceAustraliaBrunswick

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 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 -0.24 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU) · Entertainment
John Farnham to miss tribute concert due to poor health
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU) · Politics
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-17 · ABC News (AU) · Crime & Law
Yagera woman Jayda Allen Bonner remembered at Melbourne vigil
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-23 · ABC News (AU) · Crime & Law
Damning report finds no evidence $40m youth program reduces offending
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU) · Crime & Law
Teenage girls arrested after brawl at Melbourne shopping centre
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-18 · ABC News (AU) · Politics
Victorian Labor pledges $30-a-week public transport fare cap
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU)
Victoria Police to close public counters at four inner-city stations
🔮 In short: Public counters will close at four inner Melbourne police stations early next month, Victoria Police has confirmed. assertive
2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU)
Police investigate Shepparton region caravan park death
🔮 Emergency services were called following reports a man had been assaulted at a caravan park on Waverley Avenue in Merrigum, 30 kilometres west of Shepparton, about 3:10am Saturday. When police arrived, they found two men within the caravan park who appeared injured and unresponsive. Shepparton police provided immediate assistance to the pair and performed CPR on one of the men, but he could not be revived. mixed
2026-09-18 · ABC News (AU)
Third man charged over shooting in Melbourne's northern suburbs
🔮 In video from the night, loved ones could be heard crying and screaming as paramedics tried to revive Mr Hussein, but he died at the scene. assertive
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU)
Teenage girls arrested after brawl at Melbourne shopping centre
🔮 The 18-year-old Coburg North woman along with the 16-year-old and 17-year-old were interviewed by police and are expected to be charged on summons. Victoria Police said Operation Pulse officers seized a knife, which was allegedly produced during the brawl. assertive
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU)
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
🔮 The former general practitioner told the ABC in January that VicHealth had helped pioneer sun safety messaging that could have helped him reduce his cancer risk if promoted when he was younger. assertive
2026-09-19 · ABC News (AU)
John Farnham to miss tribute concert due to poor health
🔮 Music icon John Farnham to miss tribute concert in his honour due to poor health In short: John Farnham will miss a tribute concert dedicated to his career due to poor health, the singer's family has confirmed prior to the Melbourne event this evening. assertive
2026-09-20 · ABC News (AU)
Victorian Coalition pledges more select-entry high schools if elected
🔮 Three select-entry high schools would be built in Melbourne's rapidly expanding outer suburbs by 2030 under a Victorian Coalition government if elected in November. assertive
2026-09-20 · ABC News (AU)
Italian-Australian icon Franco Cozzo remembered in retail revival
🔮 Daughter Alessia Cozzo said the retail revival was inspired by her father's lamentations in his latter years that the next generation would not follow in his footsteps. assertive
2026-09-23 · ABC News (AU)
Damning report finds no evidence $40m youth program reduces offending
🔮 Mr Bruun said the report's finding that 30 per cent of participants do not offend could be viewed as an improvement in community safety if those people were previously involved in serious, high-volume offending. assertive
2026-10-10 · ABC News (AU)
Victoria Police reopen Gippsland cold case from 40 years ago
🔮 A reward of up to $1 million, announced in 2016, will be paid for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Mr Pisani. assertive
2026-10-10 · ABC News (AU)
Mineral royalties and technical colleges in duelling Victorian election pledges
🔮 In short: Premier Ben Carroll has pledged a re-elected Labor government in Victoria would direct 100 per cent of all mineral resource royalties into regional Victoria. assertive
2026-10-17 · ABC News (AU)
Yagera woman Jayda Allen Bonner remembered at Melbourne vigil
🔮 She had a heart of gold — she would do anything for anybody," Ms Allen said. assertive
2026-10-18 · ABC News (AU)
Labor pledges $30 toll cap as Coalition targets gas ban
🔮 Victorians will head to the polls on November 28. assertive
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