November 25, 2025 – Australia Headlines

Story gist: An 84-year-old woman faces charges in an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed a six-year-old boy.

Bias summary: No left-leaning coverage provided. Center outlets like ABC.net.au frame the story around an ‘elderly woman charged’ in the hit-run death of a ‘6yo boy,’ emphasizing the driver’s age and legal action. Right-leaning News.com.au highlights the ‘6yo killed on way to school’ as an ‘update,’ centering the child victim with minimal focus on the driver’s age or charges.

Story gist: Storms with 14cm hail struck part of south-east Queensland, blowing the roof off a house. Nearly 100,000 people lost power and trees were downed.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian emphasizes human impacts like power outages for 100,000, downed trees, and stripped roofs in a straightforward tone. Center ABC.net.au uses neutral, factual framing focused on key events and hail size without drama. Right-leaning Courier Mail employs sensational language (‘Armageddon’ supercell, 135km/h ‘fury’, worse than Alfred) to heighten severity and excitement, omitting milder details.

Story gist: Australian Labor MP Anne Aly called Senator Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt unacceptable, stating women have choice.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian embeds Aly’s criticism within Labor’s proactive political offers, emphasizing party strengths. Center SBS neutrally headlines Aly’s direct quotes condemning the stunt. Right-leaning Australian uses satire, framing the stunt as a humorous ‘crime against cooking’ with Barnaby Joyce, omitting condemnation and highlighting absurdity over outrage.

Story gist: A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after stabbing a teenager to death behind a school in Sydney. The incident occurred recently in New South Wales, Australia.

Bias summary: Left-leaning The Age frames the story with ‘senseless’ in quotes, emphasizing tragedy’s pointlessness. Center outlet NSW Police provides neutral ‘Latest News’ without emotive language or details. Right-leaning News.com.au uses sensational ‘Fatal school knife horror,’ highlighting violence and shock value. Left focuses on senselessness, right on horror, center omits interpretive tone entirely.

Story gist: The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has been asked to explain the $96.5 million cost of its website redesign.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian frame the story critically, emphasizing the high $96.5m cost and demands for explanation with a questioning tone implying waste. Center source from BoM itself stresses ‘work continues to deliver website improvements,’ omitting cost details and controversy. Right-leaning coverage absent, leaving taxpayer accountability perspective unrepresented.