New South Wales

A ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But this nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was unwell

25 Sept 2026 16:17 AEST Summary

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Nurse Felicity Melville scooped Joe up as his mother said: “My son is very sick.” She replied: “Yes he is, and I’m getting us help.”

Headline as published: A ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But this nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was very unwell

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of picket line workers strike, used to illustrate it. Junior Doctors singing along to The Red Flag in front of Norwich Trades Council banner A3 Roger Blackwell / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of picket line workers strike, used to illustrate it. Junior Doctors singing along to The Red Flag in front of Norwich Trades Council banner A3 Roger Blackwell / flickr, CC BY

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Indicators

Niral Score 10.7 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 78 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Measured on The Sydney Morning Herald’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

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The Sydney Morning Herald A ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But this nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was ~~very~~ unwell 1 change
The Age He had a ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But one nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was ~~very~~ unwell 1 change

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

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Also covered by The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	10.7

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The same event elsewhere

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The Age He had a ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But one nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was unwell Niral 10.6 political 0 Brisbane Times He had a ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But one nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was unwell Niral 10.6 political 0 WAtoday He had a ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But one nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was unwell Niral 10.6 political 0