New South Wales

Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird dies aged 84

ABC News

2 Oct 2026 18:46 AEST Summary

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2 Oct 2026 20:31 AEST the headline was changed: ~~Breaking:~~ Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird dies aged 84

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ABC News Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird dies aged 84 plain
Brisbane Times Bruce Baird, the Liberal stalwart who fought for refugees, has died aged 84 plain
7NEWS Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird has died aged 84 plain
The West Australian Long-serving Liberal Bruce Baird dies at 84 plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 8.1 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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politician3aged2federal2minister2politics2seat2state2

Sentiment -0.5 hostilefavourable Sourcing 40 unattributednamed sources Mood 44.2 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

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Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
ABC Newsas they published this story	8.1	2	40	-0.5	44.2
7NEWS	11.1	2	35	-0.3	39.9

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Brisbane Times Bruce Baird, the Liberal stalwart who fought for refugees, has died aged 84 Niral 2.1 · calm political 0 The Age Bruce Baird, the Liberal stalwart who fought for refugees, has died aged 84 Niral 2.1 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Bruce Baird, the Liberal stalwart who fought for refugees, has died aged 84 Niral 2.1 · calm political 0 WAtoday Bruce Baird, the Liberal stalwart who fought for refugees, has died aged 84 Niral 2.1 · calm political 0 7NEWS Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird has died aged 84 Niral 11.1 · mostly calm political 0 The West Australian Long-serving Liberal Bruce Baird dies at 84 Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The West Australian Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird dies aged 84 Niral 17.4 · mostly calm political 0