👤 Matt O'Sullivan

16 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
16
2026-09-17 – 2026-11-02
Claims per article
34
538 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,054
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

Other
62%
World
12%
Economy/Business
6%
Environment
6%
Politics
6%
Technology
6%
Most-tagged topics
SydneyAustraliaBankstownNSWSydenhamJetstarLaborMinns

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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.
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
Minns’ $6.8 billion election promise for key passenger train line
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
Wheels up for Australia’s newest major airport as first flight takes off
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
Traveller’s guide to Sydney’s new 24-hour international airport
2 outlets covered this event
2026-11-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
After five years, motorist misery from Sydney motorway project set to end
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
‘Appalled by it’: How Sydney narrowly avoided airport monopoly
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald · World
80 years in the making: How Sydney’s new international airport finally took off
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Driverless metro trials step up a gear as target opening date looms
🔮 The opening of the southwest section of the M1 will hinge on final approval for passenger services by the country’s rail regulator. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘optimal’ suburb for major metro train station in Sydney’s northwest
🔮 With the Minns government about to consider business cases for metro line extensions, confidential documents show senior Sydney Metro officials deem Schofields the “optimal interchange location”, citing the complexity of retro-fitting a station at Tallawong on the existing M1 line. “A connection between St Marys and Tallawong could be delivered by extending both the Northwest and Western Sydney Airport metros to Schofields, providing a single point of interchange between the two metros and the T1 Richmond line,” a ministerial briefing by Sydney Metro states. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Fare and trip times set for direct shuttle link to Sydney’s new airport
🔮 Direct shuttle bus services from Sydney’s new international airport in the outer west to the city will cost passengers $55 for a one-way journey, taking between 45 minutes and an hour depending on traffic congestion. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Why some train doors will not open when final section of Sydney’s metro line starts
🔮 Sydney Metro has been forced to assure safety regulators it will keep six train and platform screen doors closed at stations along the final section of the city’s $30 billion M1 metro line when it finally opens to passengers. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney’s farewell to the last of the silver-set passenger trains
🔮 So the driver and I could quickly put our hands together, fix it and just take off again.” assertive
2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
New airport passengers stuck with slow buses instead of rapid routes
🔮 The rapid bus routes would link Liverpool, Penrith and Campbelltown to the airport, which opens to passengers on October 25. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Why Sydney’s metro line won’t be getting longer trains
🔮 Shorter platforms on the final section of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line will restrict the operator to providing more frequent services rather than longer trains as passenger demand grows. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘We are very close’: Opening date narrows for final stage of Sydney’s metro train line
🔮 The NSW government has ruled out the final stage of Sydney’s M1 metro line opening this weekend but will not reveal a date despite internal documents showing it will occur before November 15, when a new rail timetable is introduced for the double-decker train network. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
September 11 to Qantas grounding: ‘White-knuckle ride’ for man behind Sydney’s new airport
🔮 “If you stepped outside my office, you could just look down and see the World Trade Centre,” he recalls. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Slick operation’: Flying into Sydney’s new airport beats Mascot congestion
🔮 A fitout that is under way at Qantas’ highly automated freight facility at the new $6 billion airport at Luddenham comes just days before the terminal opens to passengers on Sunday, when a Jetstar aircraft will take off for the Gold Coast. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Traveller’s guide to Sydney’s new 24-hour international airport
🔮 In the case of the latter, it will hinge on airlines passing on the prospect of lower airport fees and the extent to which they have to discount fares to put bums on seats. assertive
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
80 years in the making: How Sydney’s new international airport finally took off
🔮 In any case, it wouldn’t have happened if the land was not acquired at that time.” assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Wheels up for Australia’s newest major airport as first flight takes off
🔮 Albanese said that the city had looked to the harbour and the CBD for too long, and the new $6 billion airport would turn that around to where people lived and worked in western Sydney. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Minns’ $6.8 billion election promise for key passenger train line
🔮 About $6.8 billion will be funnelled into removing bottlenecks on the passenger train line from Sydney to the South Coast and electrifying it all the way to Bomaderry as part of a re-election pledge by the Minns Labor government. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Appalled by it’: How Sydney narrowly avoided airport monopoly
🔮 Passengers who have been flying in and out of Sydney’s new international airport since it opened a week ago might be forgiven for thinking that it was an inevitability in a fast-growing city. mixed
2026-11-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
After five years, motorist misery from Sydney motorway project set to end
🔮 A multibillion-dollar upgrade to one of Australia’s busiest motorways will be completed within weeks, ending almost five years of disruption for residents along the corridor and motorists who have had to navigate repeated changes to lanes during construction. assertive
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