Entity

Australia

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

As of 21 Oct 2026Last evidence 21 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker

    Reported event · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 3 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • 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

  • 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

  • 3 men sentenced to more than 158 years for the killings of Australian, US surfers in Mexico

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • ArcActive switches on lead-acid battery storage system pilot at Deakin University in Australia

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving Australia

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 270 mentions on 20 Oct 2026, against 299 on 29 Sept 2026 (-10%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 20 Oct 2026 (10 changes recorded since 10 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 20 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “No change in Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates at the November 2026 meeting?” moved from 66% to 53% Yes since 5 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

6,023 documents · 512 publishers · 4% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 21 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.042: about 96% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 2 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

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 StatesJapanFranceIndia
  • AI · 1,461 shared documents
  • China · 1,167 shared documents
  • United Kingdom · 938 shared documents
  • Europe · 923 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 902 shared documents
  • Canadian · 885 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Japan · 822 shared documents
  • France · 750 shared documents
  • India · 731 shared documents
  • Sydney · 686 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 270 mentions on 20 Oct 2026 with 299 on 29 Sept 2026 (-10%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +419% from 5 Sept 2026 to 20 Oct 2026, between 22 and 317 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Australia, day by day.

Market price, cited

53% Yes

Polymarket · priced 21 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 66% → 53% Yes (-13pts, from 8 Sept 2026 to 21 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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  "outlets": 212,
  "domains": 12,
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    "knowledgeCutoff": "2026-10-21T14:55:56.271729+00:00",
    "snapshot": "this deploy's committed data files (commit not exposed in this runtime)"
  },
  "coverageTrend": "fading",
  "marketPrice": {
    "question": "No change in Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates at the November 2026 meeting?",
    "yesPct": 53,
    "pricedOn": "2026-10-21",
    "attribution": "the market's own price",
    "relation": "actor-in"
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  "history": {
    "since": "2026-10-10T17:30:17.444527+00:00",
    "changes": 10
  },
  "whereFrom": {
    "level": "counts",
    "label": "716 mentions across 12 domains",
    "children": [
      {
        "level": "reports",
        "label": "6 reports drawn on this page, each with its link",
        "children": {
          "count": 6,
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        }
      },
      {
        "level": "domains",
        "label": "12 coverage domains",
        "children": {
          "count": 12,
          "unfold": "expand=+1"
        }
      },
      {
        "level": "not shown",
        "label": "The other 710 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 · 3 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    Show the 3 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
    • Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker · single source · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • 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

  • 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

  • 3 men sentenced to more than 158 years for the killings of Australian, US surfers in Mexico

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • ArcActive switches on lead-acid battery storage system pilot at Deakin University in Australia

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Rugby League World Cup: Australia edge New Zealand 24-22 in thrilling start to tournament

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Unemployment has reached a five-year high, making it difficult for the Reserve Bank of Australia to decide whether to raise interest rates.

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • IAB Australia's audio glossary counts a play after one second of listening

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock tells closed conference aggressive hikes may be needed

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

Walk the record from Australia

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Australia

Entity.

Evidence
6,023 documents · 512 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 21 Oct 2026
Measured
4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
21 Oct 2026
22 links from here

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

What is claimed about it (11)

  • 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.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (1)

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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

  • 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

  • 16 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 16 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

10 changes recorded since 10 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 21 Oct 2026.