Oceania · Monday, 9 November 2026
Australia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: Microsoft Teams · SEEK Pass · Microsoft Word · Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train · HotDoc. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 4,612 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Australians are tied to the AI boom, like it or not (maitlandmercury.com.au)
- Higher interest rates in Australia from AI boom, RBA warns (theage.com.au)
- Climate More than usual
- COP31 summit targets major electrification push as 1.5C goal slips away (abc.net.au)
- COP31 summit faces maze of promises and funding gaps (maitlandmercury.com.au)
Survey · 2023 62% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Health Anxious
- Immigration More than usual
- Australians negative on rising cost of living but remain positive on sense of belonging according to new survey (sbs.com.au)
- 'Outrageous, racist': One Nation's replacement speech (muswellbrookchronicle.com.au)
- Labor Party promises $1 million for South Warrnambool upgrade | The Standard (standard.net.au)
- With no hope of winning, why contest the state election? | Bendigo Advertiser (bendigoadvertiser.com.au)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.5The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual3.6 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual7.5 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 9.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty183.0from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −91.8 since Jun 2026Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
The White House, Public domain Breakout
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
We Did Creative, CC BY 3.0 Weekly
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 New
Parliament@Work, CC BY-SA 3.0 au New
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
The White House, Public domain Breakout
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0 New
Crime & justice
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Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain Rising
Books, arts & history
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DAEaton, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
Fashion & beauty
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0 Everyday app
Food & drink
Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0 Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0 Dave Pullig, CC BY 2.0
Gaming
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Movies & TV
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Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr Rising
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Music
Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
Celebrities & creators
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Noagrayevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Politics & world affairs
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We Did Creative, CC BY 3.0 Weekly
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Science & space
Voice of America Chinese, Public domain Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain
Society & beliefs
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Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Sports
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Travel & places
Industries here
Media & entertainment 18Gaming 17Government & public sector 13Sports & fitness 10Music 4Travel & tourism 3Tech & software 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news5reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 4 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news56reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 53 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Unemployment4.4%Jul 2026 · −0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence98.0100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.3 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate4.60%Sept 2026 · +0.25 pts since Aug 2026BIS
- Real house prices4.2%Q2 2026 · −1.8 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth1.4%2025 · −0.0 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment9.6%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Job postings152.21 Feb 2020 = 10023 Oct 2026 · +4.2 since 24 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.624AUD per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro +1.4% since 2 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence100.5100 = long-run averageFeb 2026 · +0.0 since Jan 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Society
- People online96.1%2024 · +0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government46.2%OECD Trust Survey2023 · +8.2 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change38.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority59.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Nobody Wants This
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3The Diplomat
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4Minimum wage
5Below
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6Lupin
7East of Eden
8Tyson
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9Unforgettable
10The Fall of El Mayo
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr 1Weapon
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2The Addams Family
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3Greenfingers
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4Glenrothan
5The Addams Family 2
6Nowhere to Run
7Animals
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8Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex
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9Surviving Hurricane Otis
10Manoj Bajpayee
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Tate McRae
2Ella Langley
3Stella Lefty
4Adéla
5Olivia Dean
7Olivia Rodrigo
9Sam Fender
10Ashe
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Casefile
2Mamamia Out Loud
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3The Rest Is History
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4Conversations
5The Rest Is Politics: US
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6Shameless
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7Life Uncut
8Hamish & Andy
9The Poisoned Wife
10The Daily
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1ING Banking - Do Your Thing
2Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
3ChatGPT
4myGov app
5CapCut
6Claude by Anthropic
7AXS Tickets
8Shop
9Microsoft Authenticator
10AliExpress - Shopping App
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2Counter-Strike 2
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3Phantom Blade Zero
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4Football Manager 27
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5Steam Deck
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6Aion 2
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7Warframe
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8Probably Stolen
9PUBG: Battlegrounds
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10Overwatch® 2: Rose Gold Mercy Bundle
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.