👤 Max Maddison

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-17
Claims per article
28
331 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,481
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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
50%
Environment
17%
Sports
17%
Crime & Law
8%
Health
8%
Most-tagged topics
AustraliaNSWLiberalLiberalsSydneyCoalitionLaborManly

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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
Largest coal mining proposal in state’s history wins approval
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
Lanyon moved to block public watchdog hearings into police violence
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The conspicuous absence from the NSW Liberal Party’s launch
2 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports
Whose club is it anyway? The battle over one of Sydney’s largest football clubs
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health
Revealed: The $600 million needed to fix mental health that was buried
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Expansion of Jewish security groups’ remit still being considered despite new heavily armed police unit
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Three children injured in jumping castle accident as 80km/h winds hit Sydney
🔮 An Ausgrid spokeswoman said crews were still working to restore power to approximately 1400 homes as of 7am on Sunday morning with services expected to be restored by midday. assertive
2026-09-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Embattled football club used school clinic funds to pay rent on luxury Sydney apartment
🔮 The club’s spending will undergo a forensic audit by McGrathNicol, an advisory firm. assertive
2026-09-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald
National news LIVE: Coalition accuses Labor of rorting grant scheme; PM speaks with King Charles; UK unity threatened by pact
🔮 - As the war in Iran approaches its seven month, fuel suppliers are warning motorists could face another petrol and diesel shock after a vital Middle Eastern pipeline was forced offline. mixed
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Sleepwalking into defeat’: Liberal MPs’ lacklustre fundraising efforts spark election fears
🔮 Some MPs are anticipating more resignations will follow. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Sleepwalking into defeat’: Liberal MPs’ lacklustre fundraising efforts spark election fears
🔮 Some MPs are anticipating more resignations will follow. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The conspicuous absence from the NSW Liberal Party’s launch
🔮 Sloane’s announcement that a Coalition government would freeze the gun buyback and scrap gun ownership caps for farmers and sporting shooters – a backflip seemingly coming for months — clearly had been influenced by the policy’s deep unpopularity on the right. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Largest coal mining proposal in state’s history wins approval
🔮 The NSW government’s independent planning body has approved the largest coal mining proposal in the state’s history, saying that, while the 800 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions it will cause will have impacts on the Hunter Valley, they can be managed with the conditions it has applied. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran MP resigns as NSW Labor HQ targets male backbenchers
🔮 McDermott announced he would leave parliament after 12 years without detailing his reason, and comes a day after this masthead reported Labor HQ was considering asking male backbenchers to retire to solve the party’s equal representation problem. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Expansion of Jewish security groups’ remit still being considered despite new heavily armed police unit
🔮 The Minns government is still mulling a proposal to allow volunteer members of a Jewish security group to be armed at public religious events, even after the NSW Police announced a heavily armed, specially trained squad of 250 officers will be deployed with long-arm rifles. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Lanyon moved to block public watchdog hearings into police violence
🔮 On September 15, the commission said a “range of procedural issues” meant the Operation Makalu hearings would not proceed. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Revealed: The $600 million needed to fix mental health that was buried
🔮 About $600 million a year would be needed to fix the state’s shortfall of frontline public mental health staff, a confidential ministerial briefing note says, a figure NSW Health warned could cause reputational damage to the Minns government if revealed. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Whose club is it anyway? The battle over one of Sydney’s largest football clubs
🔮 Together, they established Marrickville Community Voice, a group of members whom they hoped would be elected onto the club’s board. assertive
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