ABC Australia media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give ABC Australia one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 276 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ABC Australia biased?
The rating organisations do not give ABC Australia one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ABC Australia left or right?
The rating organisations do not give ABC Australia one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is ABC Australia reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ABC Australia are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What ABC Australia has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ABC Australia’s own report linked underneath.
Imperial Oil announced a third-quarter profit of $2.45 billion, a significant increase from $539 million in the same period last year. The company's results were bolstered by rising oil prices and improved refining margins, while upstream production saw a slight decrease.
ABC Australia reported it asWestpac reports $6.8 billion profit, ASX slides ahead of RBA meeting, banks slash economic forecasts — as it happened (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his coalition's parliamentary majority following recent elections. Neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition secured the 61 seats needed for a majority, leading President Isaac Herzog to begin consultations with parties to form a government and avoid further elections.
ABC Australia reported it asIsraeli President Isaac Herzog calls for calm ahead of election mediations (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
ABC Australia reported it asRussia responds to US warning of Moscow attack plan (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
ABC Australia reported it asJudge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein cartoon (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
ABC Australia reported it asIranian military ordered to counter any attack swiftly and without restraint (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
A vessel caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil trade route. Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed three oil tankers hit mines, but the status of the crew and the cause of the fires remain unclear.
ABC Australia reported it as'Supertanker' strikes mine in Hormuz, losing two million barrels of oil (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
ABC Australia reported it asG20 foreign ministers skip 'family' photo amid objections over Russia (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
ABC Australia reported it asBillions of dollars stolen in largest cryptocurrency hack in history (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
ABC Australia reported it asBreaking: Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86 (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Qatar has categorically denied allegations of interfering in Israeli elections by funding Arab parties. The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman described the accusations as 'ridiculous and dangerous' and part of a disinformation campaign.
ABC Australia reported it asAllegations of foreign interference in Israeli election - ABC listen (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, who served as White House press secretary for five days in October 2026, has spoken about her brief tenure. She was dismissed by President Donald Trump after a single press briefing and later appeared on Fox News.
ABC Australia reported it asKatie Zacharia blames media for troubled stint as White House press secretary (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
A new Lancet report indicates 710,000 heat-related deaths occurred globally in 2023, with over 70% attributed to human-caused climate change. Researchers are urging a formal declaration of a global health emergency to address accelerating climate harms.
ABC Australia reported it asGlobal study counts almost 3 million climate change-related deaths (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Brazil's Liberal Party, the political group for which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ran, has officially recognized the results of the presidential election. The party's president signed a statement acknowledging the outcome proclaimed by the Superior Electoral Tribunal, while also calling for clarification on issues raised by Bolsonaro.
ABC Australia reported it asFlávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil 'on plane to US' after election loss (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Moscow for talks, with assurances of safety. Ukrainian officials confirmed Zelensky's readiness for a meeting and a partial ceasefire, though they noted Russia's continued attacks.
ABC Australia reported it asNordic leaders press Putin to end Ukraine war in rare phone call (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
ABC Australia reported it asFighting paused in Ukrainian city under deal announced by Melania Trump (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has taken a new paid role at Sydney University. She will deliver guest lectures and masterclasses, rather than undertaking full-time teaching duties.
ABC Australia reported it asSydney University hires Jacinda Ardern as lecturer and mentor (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran and its allies against attempting to disrupt Israel's parliamentary elections on October 27. He stated that Israel's military would respond with disproportionate force to any interference.
ABC Australia reported it asIsraeli military breaks silence on purported feud with Netanyahu (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
ABC Australia reported it asAnthropic files to list on stock market in potential $US1.5tn float (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
ABC Australia reported it asWhat 'Woke 2.0' means for the midterms - ABC listen (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
A 20-year-old U.S. Marine, Devin Ballard, has been indicted on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa. The incident, which occurred in early October, has led to a curfew for U.S. military personnel and a protest from the Japanese government.
ABC Australia reported it asUS marine charged over Japanese woman's murder (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Australian GovernmentGovernmentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Official site
- abc.net.au
- Seen publishing on
- abc.net.au
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 276
- Reports listed
- 290
- We could read
- 76
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
214 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 76 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 96 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and ABC Australia ran the story anyway.
Across the 276 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than ABC Australia’s on 4 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as ABC Australia, also publishing from Australia, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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