The Aporia · Benita Kolovos

Articles

5

2026-09-05 – 2026-10-21

Claims per article

37

186 extracted in total

Hedged claims

8%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

5,572

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.

Politics

100%

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VictoriaLaborVictorianAFPAlbaneseAustralianEurekaFix Victoria

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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 -0.26 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-21 · The Guardian · Politics

No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

15 outlets covered this event

2026-10-15 · The Guardian · Politics

As One Nation rises, Victorian Labor has promised to make abortions free. Is the timing pure politics?

2 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-24 · The Guardian · Politics

Are pubs and pups a good mix? Dog owners delight as Victoria looks to follow the UK and Europe’s lead

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-16 · The Guardian · Politics

Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multi-million dollar grants program

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

2026-09-05 · The Guardian · Politics

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-05 · The Guardian

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

🔮 A flood of water – emblematic of Victoria’s “tsunami of debt”, forecast to hit $199bn in the next four years – gushes from the steps of state parliament, towards a scared child. These are some of the AI-generated images being used as part of a social media advertising campaign attracting thousands of views less than 100 days out from the Victorian election. assertive

2026-09-16 · The Guardian

Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multi-million dollar grants program

🔮 The $568m community grants scheme will be the subject of a Senate inquiry after a report by the Centre for Public Integrity last week revealed the scheme favoured projects in notionally Labor-held electorates, including a $6m grant for a golf club in Anthony Albanese’s electorate. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Guardian

Are pubs and pups a good mix? Dog owners delight as Victoria looks to follow the UK and Europe’s lead

🔮 Now, they may be able to do the same in Melbourne with their cavoodle, Rupert. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Guardian

As One Nation rises, Victorian Labor has promised to make abortions free. Is the timing pure politics?

🔮 On Thursday morning, the state’s health minister, Ingrid Stitt, announced if re-elected in November, Labor would invest $30m over four years to remove the out-of-pocket cost of abortion care, which can quickly add up to more than $1,000. assertive

2026-10-21 · The Guardian

No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

🔮 But the AFP and Victoria police insist they had no intelligence to suggest 43-year-old Brendan Nugent would go on to allegedly drive a Toyota LandCruiser into the independent MP Helen Haines in a targeted attack. assertive

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