👤 Penry Buckley

16 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
16
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-17
Claims per article
29
457 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,427
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
62%
Crime & Law
31%
Environment
6%
Most-tagged topics
NSWNew South WalesLiberalSydneyIcacToplaceLaborOne Nation

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 -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
One child dead and two children and woman in critical condition after Blue Mountains stabbing
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-17 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Ebike rider, 13, charged with sexual touching after girls and women allegedly harassed on northern beaches trails
4 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Sydney hospital patient charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fellow patient alight
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-09 · The Guardian · Politics
Plans for Sydney’s controversial new public square in doubt after NSW government intervention
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Environment
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-29 · The Guardian · Politics
Blackmail, ‘mafia boys’ and rants from a Beirut bedroom – after 10 weeks of theatre what might Icac deliver?
3 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · The Guardian
Charles Perrottet denies asking brother as premier to appoint cabinet minister, Icac hears
🔮 Nassif told the relative he had been promised that then police minister Elliott and the then fair trading minister Kevin Anderson would be removed. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
‘We have something that will kill Elliott’: Icac questions former Labor councillor over message
🔮 Sharangan Maheswaran told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Friday that a message sent to him by lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood claiming “We have something that will kill Elliott” did not relate to work by Greenwood’s company Beckington for Jean Nassif. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Guardian
News live: Taylor pledges ‘one of the biggest immigration cuts in Australian history’; tributes for Victorian Greens MP Tim Read
🔮 Taylor said it was “divisive” for Labor politicians to “stand in front of three different flags instead of our one national flag”, referring to press conferences where leaders would deliver speeches with the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the national flag behind them. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Guardian
‘Oh shit’: Labor councillor who attended 2021 Liberal fundraiser was worried about potential Icac inquiry, Icac hears
🔮 A Labor councillor feared his presence at a Liberal fundraiser attended by Dominic Perrottet would result in him being forced to give evidence to the New South Wales anti-corruption commission, the watchdog has heard. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Guardian
Private investigator surveilled Liberal minister and supplied Jean Nassif with recording devices, Icac hears
🔮 Greenwood and Perrottet have denied payments were for political outcomes, while Ellis has moved overseas and is not expected to give evidence. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Guardian
Liberal operative was offered $1,000 to get media to cover ‘grubby rumour’ minister was having affair, Icac hears
🔮 A lawyer for fugitive property developer Jean Nassif offered a Liberal operative $1,000 if he could get media to write about an unsubstantiated extramarital affair and breach of Covid-19 restrictions by a New South Wales minister, the anti-corruption watchdog has heard. assertive
2026-09-28 · The Guardian
Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out of domestic violence’
🔮 The reopening of part of Sydney’s Silverwater jail will deliver hundreds of extra beds amid record numbers of prisoners on remand, the state government says, as the prison officers’ union warns against “arrest[ing] our way out of domestic violence”. assertive
2026-09-29 · The Guardian
Blackmail, ‘mafia boys’ and rants from a Beirut bedroom – after 10 weeks of theatre what might Icac deliver?
🔮 As the commission detailed allegations of blackmail by Labor councillors in Sydney’s inner west, you could have been forgiven for thinking the whole show was a bit of a, well, damp squib. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
🔮 The commission said greenhouse gases from the coal mined near Singleton would contribute to climate change impacts that affected the “people, economy and environment of the Hunter region, NSW and globally”, but said those impacts were outweighed by local benefits, including “employment, economic activity, support for local business, ongoing royalties and taxation revenue”. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest
🔮 The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (Lecc) has said that its inquiry into the February protest at Sydney’s town hall, launched after widespread allegations of police brutality, would go ahead this month with a mix of public and private examinations, saying the timing of issues raised by police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, was “regrettable”. assertive
2026-10-09 · The Guardian
Plans for Sydney’s controversial new public square in doubt after NSW government intervention
🔮 The lord mayor, Clover Moore, released renders in August for the plaza opposite Sydney’s town hall. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Guardian
Vikki Campion, News Corp columnist and wife of Barnaby Joyce, begins role with NSW One Nation
🔮 Asked if she would disclose her work for the party in future columns for the paper, Campion said that “as an opinion writer, I don’t think anyone who has read my column would be shocked that I would want to help One Nation”. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Sydney hospital patient charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fellow patient alight
🔮 He was expected to appear at a bail hearing on Thursday. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Guardian
Firearms manufacturer standing for One Nation in NSW opposes post-Bondi gun laws that ban his rifles
🔮 Earlier this month, One Nation’s NSW leader, Mike Newman, and the federal MP Barnaby Joyce revealed Jeff Bacon would be second on the party’s upper house ticket in the March state election. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Guardian
Ebike rider, 13, charged with sexual touching after girls and women allegedly harassed on northern beaches trails
🔮 On Saturday, police had released CCTV images of a male they believed could assist with inquiries. mixed
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