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‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report

ABC News Australia Top Stories reaches for "explosive" where The Age (Australia) stays flat.

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As of August 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened The interim report, released on Friday, labelled the 2018 deal a “mistake” that could end up costing Australian taxpayers up to $12 billion a year and is failing its key objectives.
The headline split The left frames it as "‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report". The center frames it as "Angry WA premier lashes 'east-coast clowns' on explosive GST report".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceModerate

56/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-left‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report

The Age (Australia) · Center-left · News report

Center‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Center · News report

Right / center-rightNo matching source in this bucket yet.

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The Sydney Morning HeraldNews report · Aug 14, 6:18 AM

‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report

The interim report, released on Friday, labelled the 2018 deal a “mistake” that could end up costing Australian taxpayers up to $12 billion a year and is failing its key objectives.

Open source
Center-leftMostly Factual
The Age (Australia)News report · Aug 14, 6:18 AM

‘Angry’ WA premier tears into ‘dodgy, deceitful, dumb’ GST report

The interim report, released on Friday, labelled the 2018 deal a “mistake” that could end up costing Australian taxpayers up to $12 billion a year and is failing its key objectives.

Open source
CenterHigh
ABC News Australia Top StoriesNews report · Aug 14, 5:03 AM

Angry WA premier lashes 'east-coast clowns' on explosive GST report

explosive

An angry Roger Cook has lashed who he calls 'east-coast clowns' over an explosive proposed shake-up of the GST carve-up.

Open source
Details56/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
56/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Aug 14, 5:03 AM: ABC News Australia Top Stories joined the source map.

Aug 14, 6:18 AM: The Sydney Morning Herald joined the source map.

Aug 14, 6:18 AM: The Age (Australia) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 56/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.