Sharks spotted after whale carcass stinks up city beach

28 Sept 2026 17:57 AEST Summary

From the report

A popular swimming beach has been closed and multiple shark warnings issued after a whale carcass washed ashore, days after a man was killed by a shark nearby.

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 7.7 mundaneloaded

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

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Sentiment -0.2 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 35.6 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

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 Sharks spotted after whale carcass stinks up city beach plain
The West Australian Shark warning issued after whale carcass reported at City Beach with the public told to stay away plain
ABC News Sharks circle off Perth beach after whale carcass washes up on shore plain
WAtoday Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach plain
7NEWS Whale carcass forces City Beach closure as sharks circle plain
The West Australian ‘Hundreds of sharks’: Warning as dead whale carcass closes popular Perth beaches plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The West Australian, WAtoday, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times. 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	7.7	1	42	-0.2	35.6
ABC News	11.5	4	56	-0.7	30.2
7NEWS	10.8	4	56	-0.1	36.7

Also reported by

8 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.

Hundreds of shark : Warning as dead whale carcass closes popular Perth beaches perthnow.com.au

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The same event elsewhere

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The West Australian Shark warning issued after whale carcass reported at City Beach with the public told to stay away Niral 4.6 political 0 ABC News Sharks circle off Perth beach after whale carcass washes up on shore Niral 11.5 political 0 WAtoday Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach Niral 2 political 0 The Age Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach Niral 2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach Niral 2 political 0 Brisbane Times Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach Niral 2 political 0 7NEWS Whale carcass forces City Beach closure as sharks circle Niral 10.8 political 0 The West Australian ‘Hundreds of sharks’: Warning as dead whale carcass closes popular Perth beaches Niral 12.5 political 0