Politics

Greens leader suddenly quits after health 'downturn'

The West Australian Will Nicholas

28 Sept 2026 20:14 AEST Summary

From the report

Larissa Waters has suddenly stepped down as leader of the federal Greens, revealing she has been managing a kidney disease which has recently deteriorated.

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 4.2 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

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Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 45.6 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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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 Greens leader suddenly quits after health 'downturn' plain
The Age Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness plain
The West Australian Greens Leader Larissa Waters to step down as party leader due to ill health plain
ABC News Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness plain
7NEWS Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader as pre-existing kidney condition ‘takes a downturn’ plain
SBS News Greens leader Larissa Waters says she will step down due to health issue plain
WAtoday Greens leader steps down due to health issue plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Age, The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday. 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	4.2	0	42	-0.1	45.6
ABC News	8.4	1	57	-0.2	50
7NEWS	6.8	2	66	-0.2	53.9
SBS News	9.4	3	32	0.0	45.7

Also reported by

18 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.

Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn thecourier.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn juneesoutherncross.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn gloucesteradvocate.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn cootamundraherald.com.au
Greens Leader Larissa Waters to step down as party leader due to ill health perthnow.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn southcoastregister.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn hardenexpress.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn macleayargus.com.au
Greens leader suddenly quits after health downturn northerndailyleader.com.au

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The same event elsewhere

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The Age Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness Niral 9.5 political 0 The West Australian Greens Leader Larissa Waters to step down as party leader due to ill health Niral 11.4 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness Niral 9.5 political 0 ABC News Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness Niral 8.4 political 0 7NEWS Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader as pre-existing kidney condition ‘takes a downturn’ Niral 6.8 political 0 SBS News Greens leader Larissa Waters says she will step down due to health issue Niral 9.4 political 0 WAtoday Greens leader steps down due to health issue Niral 5.4 political 0 WAtoday Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness Niral 9.5 political 0