ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement after 31 years at the national broadcaster

30 Sept 2026 16:17 AEST Summary

From the report

One of the country’s TV personalities who has been a mainstay on Australian screens for two decades has made a large call on his career.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The West Australian ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement after 31 years at the national broadcaster plain
ABC News Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC plain
WAtoday ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement plain
The Guardian Australia ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’ plain
The West Australian 'And that's finance' ABC guru retires plain

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How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian. 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	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	23	2	71	0	50
ABC News	11.1	9	58	0.7	51.1
The Guardian Australia	7.1	7	82	0.5	55.3

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The same event elsewhere

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ABC News Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC Niral 11.1 · mostly calm political 0 WAtoday ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement Niral 2 · calm political 0 The Age ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement Niral 2 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement Niral 2 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement Niral 2 · calm political 0 The Guardian Australia ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’ Niral 7.1 · calm political 0 The West Australian 'And that's finance' ABC guru retires Niral 6.1 · calm political 0