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ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’

The Guardian Australia Amanda Meade Media correspondent

30 Sept 2026 13:28 AEST Summary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Media Business Economy

From the report

Financial journalist Alan Kohler, a familiar face on the ABC’s 7pm news bulletin, will retire in December after three decades as the public broadcaster’s highly-respected financial guru.

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The Guardian Australia ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’ plain
ABC News Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC plain
WAtoday ABC finance guru Alan Kohler announces retirement plain

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All three things this headline claims are in the report.

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How it is written

Niral Score 7.1 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, political diction and 3 more and 3 at zero

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Sentiment +0.5 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 A story about politics, written without coded language Jingoistic 0.8 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 82 unattributednamed sources Mood 55.3 sorrowjoyful

3 read zero: generational, gender, religious

Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Also covered by WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald. 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 Guardian Australiaas they published this story	7.1	7	82	0.5	55.3
ABC News	11.1	9	58	0.7	51.1

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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