Entity

Australia

An island continent and U.S. ally in the Indo-Pacific; a major minerals and energy exporter.

As of 24 Oct 2026Last evidence 24 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker

    Reported event · first reported 19 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Australia’s 2.2 GW Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro cost estimate rises again

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • Australia's Rio Tinto to invest $1.9 billion in Queensland bauxite project

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Reflections from the Philanthropy Australia Conference: Showing up for the future

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • Meta Sued in Australian Class Action Over Alleged Social Media Harm to Children

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving Australia

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 298 mentions on 24 Oct 2026, against 252 on 3 Oct 2026 (+18%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from watch to flagged on 21 Oct 2026 (10 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 23 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “No change in Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates at the November 2026 meeting?” moved from 68% to 32% Yes since 9 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

6,549 documents · 530 publishers · 4% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 24 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.042: about 96% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Australia

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AIChinaUnited KingdomUnited StatesJapanFranceIndiaGermany
  • AI · 1,612 shared documents
  • China · 1,261 shared documents
  • United Kingdom · 1,039 shared documents
  • United States · 970 shared documents
  • Canadian · 952 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Japan · 885 shared documents
  • France · 827 shared documents
  • India · 799 shared documents
  • Sydney · 758 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Germany · 718 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 298 mentions on 24 Oct 2026 with 252 on 3 Oct 2026 (+18%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +67% from 9 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026, between 22 and 317 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Australia, day by day.

Market price, cited

32% Yes

Polymarket · priced 24 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 68% → 32% Yes (-36pts, from 9 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026)

on “No change in Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates at the November 2026 meeting?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Australia

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/083925586aa677d14a11f1fd returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name australia.

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    "knowledgeCutoff": "2026-10-24T20:27:22.696369+00:00",
    "snapshot": "this deploy's committed data files (commit not exposed in this runtime)"
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  "coverageTrend": "rising",
  "marketPrice": {
    "question": "No change in Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates at the November 2026 meeting?",
    "yesPct": 32,
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    "relation": "actor-in"
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  "history": {
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    "changes": 10
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  "whereFrom": {
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    "label": "298 mentions across 70 domains",
    "children": [
      {
        "level": "reports",
        "label": "6 reports drawn on this page, each with its link",
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          "count": 18,
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      },
      {
        "level": "not shown",
        "label": "The other 292 mentions",
        "edge": "counted daily from tracked coverage; single mentions are not listed one by one"
      }
    ]
  }
}

The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Australia

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker

    Reported event · first reported 19 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    Show the 4 individual claims
    • Australian lawmaker Helen Haines in critical condition after vehicle ramming attack · reported by two · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers
    • Australian MP Helen Haines 'critically' hurt in car ramming attack, officials say · reported by two · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers
    • Australia lawmaker Helen Haines loses both legs after ‘targeted’ attack · reported by two · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers
    • Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker · single source · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • Australia’s 2.2 GW Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro cost estimate rises again

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Australia's Rio Tinto to invest $1.9 billion in Queensland bauxite project

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Reflections from the Philanthropy Australia Conference: Showing up for the future

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Meta Sued in Australian Class Action Over Alleged Social Media Harm to Children

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • UK’s Largest Port Operator Set To Get Australian Fund As Majority Owner In Reported £10 Billion Deal

    Reported claim · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Prices in Australia (AUD, incl. GST)

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Ghost Shark with teeth: Australia unveils underwater drone payloads

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Australia vs South Africa LIVE: Boland takes two wickets in two balls as Australia stun South Africa

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

Walk the record from Australia

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Australia

Entity.

Evidence
6,549 documents · 530 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 6 Apr 2026, last seen 24 Oct 2026
Measured
4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
24 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Australia, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 21 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

  • 17 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

  • 17 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

10 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

Ask about AustraliaWatch Australia

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 24 Oct 2026.