👤 Craig Butt

6 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
6
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-11
Claims per article
34
201 extracted in total
Hedged claims
2%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,632
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

Education
67%
Economy/Business
33%
Most-tagged topics
AgeMelbourneSydneyVictorianBalmainBrightonCatholicCommonwealth

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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 -0.27 (leans left).

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2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
What do people in Melbourne in your area, in your age group, earn?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
Revealed: The Sydney schools where most families earn $500,000-plus
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
What do Sydneysiders in your area, and age group, earn?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
The private schools with the richest parents in Victoria revealed as extra funding flows
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
Schools that Excel 2026: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
A school separated boys and girls until year 10. It has delivered record VCE scores
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
A school separated boys and girls until year 10. It has delivered record VCE scores
🔮 “The analogy I use is you don’t run onto the football field thinking about what the score will be at the end because if you do that, you’re not concentrating on the things that create the score. assertive
2026-09-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Schools that Excel 2026: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade
🔮 A dialogue box will pop up in the interactive if you enter the name of a small school and flag that its performance may not be comparable with larger schools, and that it may not be possible to observe a trend in results over the 10-year time frame. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The private schools with the richest parents in Victoria revealed as extra funding flows
🔮 The Commonwealth has now agreed to fund 80 per cent of the SRS of non-government schools, while the states’ target is 20 per cent, but the transition back to their actual entitlement is being done in stages until 2029. Melbourne Grammar School will receive about $986,000 more than the SRS this year, $40,000 more than previous Senate estimates figures revealed. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Revealed: The Sydney schools where most families earn $500,000-plus
🔮 Education Minister Jason Clare said recent funding agreements would result in $20 billion flowing into public schools in coming decade under the needs-based Gonski funding model. assertive
2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
What do people in Melbourne in your area, in your age group, earn?
🔮 If you looked at the figures for your area across several age brackets, you may have noticed how earnings track. assertive
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