South Australia

A year on from disappearance that shook South Australia

The Age

27 Sept 2026 19:11 AEST Summary

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From the report

A year ago today, Gus Lamont disappeared while playing on a remote property in South Australia's far north.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australia city skyline, used to illustrate it. Melbourne, Australia by night Linh_rOm / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australia city skyline, used to illustrate it. Melbourne, Australia by night Linh_rOm / flickr, CC BY

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Indicators

Niral Score 8.6 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 28 unattributednamed sources Mood 43.9 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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How outlets headlined it

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The Age A year on from disappearance that shook South Australia plain
7NEWS Gus Lamont: One year later, the mystery that continues to haunt South Australia plain

How each outlet filed it

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

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Gender	Happiness
The Ageas they published this story	8.6	1	28	0	0	43.9
7NEWS	18.6	19	68	-0.4	2.4	30.6

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The same event elsewhere

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7NEWS Gus Lamont: One year later, the mystery that continues to haunt South Australia Niral 18.6 political 0 WAtoday A year on from disappearance that shook South Australia Niral 8.6 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald A year on from disappearance that shook South Australia Niral 8.6 political 0 Brisbane Times A year on from disappearance that shook South Australia Niral 8.6 political 0