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Rachel Stephen-Smith elected ACT's new deputy chief minister

Rachel Stephen-Smith takes over as ACT deputy chief minister from Yvette Berry, who resigned last week after the Integrity Commission made "serious corrupt conduct" findings against two senior public servants in her education portfolio.

ABC Australia News reporting 29 sentences analyzed 4,506 captured characters

Rachel Stephen-Smith has been named the ACT's new deputy chief minister as part of a major reshuffle following the resignation of Yvette Berry.

Ms Berry resigned from cabinet last week, after the Integrity Commission made "serious corrupt conduct" findings against two senior public servants in her education portfolio.

At a meeting of the Labor caucus this morning, Ms Stephen-Smith was elected unopposed as chief minister Andrew Barr's new deputy.

Ms Stephen-Smith has also been named the new education minister, with the health portfolio moving to Marisa Paterson.

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Origin wording grade

Grade A reflects 8/100 framing risk from editorial voice; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

A 8/100 risk

Confidence: 80%
Format: straight news
Findings: 2
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate. unknown (0, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

Evidence behind the grade

Editorial voicebody

+4 · 68% confidence

"Obviously, I've been in cabinet for almost 10 years.

The sentence states an evaluation in the narrator's voice instead of attributing it to a named source. The cue appears in attributed or quoted language, so its score is reduced.

Editorial voicebody

+4 · 68% confidence

"I'm looking forward to getting out to every school and talking to the teachers, their unions, P&Cs, families and of course children and young people themselves." Ms Berry's departure also left the housing and sport portfolios up for grabs.

The sentence states an evaluation in the narrator's voice instead of attributing it to a named source. The cue appears in attributed or quoted language, so its score is reduced.

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Attributed claims Attribution helps readers distinguish a source's claim from the article narrator's own assertion.
Charged wording in quoted context The wording was preserved as context but excluded from the grade because it appeared in an attributed quote or a legal/allegation context.

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