An Australian Army soldier has died during a routine training exercise in the Northern Territory, the Department of Defence has announced.
Darwin, NT
Australian soldier dies during training exercise in the Northern Territory
From the report
How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline.
- SBS News Australian soldier dies during training exercise in the Northern Territory
- The Sydney Morning Herald Australian soldier dies during training exercise
- The West Australian Soldier dead after training incident in the Northern Territory
- 7NEWS Australian soldier killed in training exercise at Northern Territory military base
- The West Australian Australian Defence Force confirms soldier killed, five others injured in Northern Territory training exercise
- The Guardian Australia Australian soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory
- WAtoday Australian soldier killed in NT military exercise
- The West Australian Soldier dies, five injured in training exercise
Headline check
The one thing this headline claims is in the report.
Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. One claim in this headline could be checked, so this is a narrow pass and not a thorough one. How this is checked
A summary of SBS News’s report. The score is for the full 296-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday, The West Australian, 7NEWS and Brisbane Times also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBS Newsas they published this story | 89.9 | 6 | 53 | -0.5 | 27.2 |
| The Guardian Australia | 90 | 2 | 78 | -0.4 | 17 |
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The same event elsewhere
8 outlets from 4 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 7 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian soldier dies during training exercise
summary only, not scored
The Age
Australian soldier dies during training exercise
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
Australian soldier dies during training exercise
summary only, not scored
The West Australian
Australian Defence Force confirms soldier killed, five others injured in Northern Territory training exercise
summary only, not scored
7NEWS
Australian soldier killed in training exercise at Northern Territory military base
summary only, not scored
The Guardian Australia
Australian soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory
Niral 90 · calm writing
political 0
Brisbane Times
Australian soldier killed in NT military exercise
summary only, not scored