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Crime and courts / Sydney, NSW

Sydney councillor accuses Indigenous elder Mick Mundine of sexual assault

ABC News
Summary

Sexual OffencesCrime

From the report

Prominent Indigenous elder Mick Mundine has been accused of child sexual assault by City of Sydney councillor Yvonne Weldon.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our calmer version leaves out. Fewest struck first.

  • ABC News Sydney councillor accuses Indigenous elder Mick Mundine of sexual assault
  • The Age ‘Break the culture of silence’: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault
  • WAtoday Prolific Indigenous elder charged over historical child abuse allegation
  • ABC News Prominent Indigenous elder arrested over child sex assault allegation
  • ABC News Prominent Indigenous elder charged over child sex assault allegation
  • The West Australian Sydney Indigenous leader Mick Mundine arrested over historical child sexual assault allegations
  • Brisbane Times Prominent Sydney Indigenous leader charged with sexual assault of child
  • 7NEWS Mick Mundine: Prominent Indigenous leader charged over accusations of historic child sexual abuse 1 change

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Both things this headline claims are in the report.

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Yvonne Weldon said on social media she was the complainant at the centre of Mick Mundine's historical abuse charges.
Yvonne Weldon said on social media she was the complainant at the centre of Mick Mundine's historical abuse charges.

A summary of ABC News’s report. The score is for the full 266-word report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, Brisbane Times and The West Australian also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
ABC Newsas they published this story 94.4 2 75 -0.9 23
7NEWS 85.2 4 41 -0.6 16.2

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The same event elsewhere

7 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 6 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

The Age ‘Break the culture of silence’: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Break the culture of silence’: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault summary only, not scored WAtoday ‘Break the culture of silence’: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault summary only, not scored Brisbane Times ‘Break the culture of silence’: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault summary only, not scored 7NEWS Mick Mundine: Prominent Indigenous leader charged over accusations of child sexual abuse Niral 85.2 · mostly calm writing political 0 The West Australian Sydney Indigenous leader Mick Mundine arrested over historical child sexual assault allegations summary only, not scored