👤 Patrick Begley

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-27 – 2026-10-25
Claims per article
43
215 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,437
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
60%
Environment
40%
Most-tagged topics
AustralianNSWOne Nationthe High CourtARCBondiCSGEnvironment

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.
2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
‘Precious, irreplaceable’: Howard headlines eclectic rally against Victoria Barracks sale
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
‘Triply nervous’: Massive coal mine braced for challenge after High Court ruling
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
2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The ‘new Byron Bay’ favoured by Pauline Hanson and her most powerful aide
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘new Byron Bay’ favoured by Pauline Hanson and her most powerful aide
🔮 The pool Whichever One Nation candidate runs for the seat of Capricornia at the next federal election could find themselves in a fight watched around the country. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions
🔮 Approval for a major coal mine expansion has been declared invalid by the High Court in a decision that will force NSW planning authorities to reckon with emissions from Australian coal burnt overseas. 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
2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Triply nervous’: Massive coal mine braced for challenge after High Court ruling
🔮 The decision to allow a massive NSW coal mine to run until 2045 will be fought in court, legal experts predict, after the High Court struck down a separate approval for failing to grapple with the climate impact of Australian coal being burned in foreign power plants. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Precious, irreplaceable’: Howard headlines eclectic rally against Victoria Barracks sale
🔮 The shift will impact up to 600 occupants including active personnel, up to a dozen defence families including those with young children, along with public servants, reservists and cadets. assertive
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