Dead humpback whale washes ashore at popular beach

23 Sept 2026 12:30 AEST Summary

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From the report

A dead juvenile humpback whale has washed ashore at a popular surfing spot, beachgoers during the busy school holiday period.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 30.8 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.8 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 4.2 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

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

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The West Australian’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

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

The West Australian Dead humpback whale washes ashore at popular beach plain
ABC News Dead humpback whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach plain
Brisbane Times Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach near Brisbane plain
The West Australian Juvenile humpback whale washes up dead on Sunshine Coast beach plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, The Age, 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	30.8	3	42	-0.8	4.2
ABC News	8.7	4	62	-0.1	33.4

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7 Australian outlets reported this story. These are the ones we do not read; their headlines are matched to this one automatically, so an occasional match may be a different story.

Dead humpback whale washes ashore at popular beach perthnow.com.au

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The same event elsewhere

6 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

ABC News Dead humpback whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach Niral 8.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach near Brisbane Niral 4.2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach near Brisbane Niral 4.2 political 0 WAtoday Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach near Brisbane Niral 4.2 political 0 The Age Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on beach near Brisbane Niral 4.2 political 0 The West Australian Juvenile humpback whale washes up dead on Sunshine Coast beach Niral 21.5 political 0