Oceania · Wednesday, 11 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: Budget Direct App · Threema for iOS · My Lightning Tracker Pro · AXS Tickets · Solocator - GPS Field Camera. 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 5,246 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- AI More than usual
- Australian businesses can now 'claim' themselves in ChatGPT (smartcompany.com.au)
- AI detecting dangers where millions of people splash (edenmagnet.com.au)
- War and security More than usual
- 100-year-old veteran finally gets medals (abc.net.au)
- Eleven unknown Great War soldiers identified (abc.net.au)
- Cost of living More than usual
- Jobs and work More than usual
- Australia Home Loan Data Due On Wednesday (rttnews.com)
- READER LETTER | SA shouldn't normalise unemployment (sowetan.co.za)
- COP31 Turkey 2026: Inside the climate change conference with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australian coffee and plastic cutlery (afr.com)
- PM at COP31 talks up climate threat while facing claims of hypocrisy | ABC News Top Stories (abc.net.au)
Survey · 2023 62% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Want to raise productivity and living standards? Choose automation over immigration (macrobusiness.com.au)
- International Migration 12 November (miragenews.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.5The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.8× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear0.7× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual8.6 words per 1,000usually 9.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.4 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.
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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
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Cars & transport
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Nature, climate & disasters
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Books, arts & history
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Fashion & beauty
Alexeinikolayevichromanov, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Food & drink
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Gaming
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Money & crypto
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Politics & world affairs
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Society & beliefs
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Travel & places
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Industries here
Media & entertainment 20Gaming 18Sports & fitness 13Music 8Government & public sector 4Travel & tourism 2Retail & e-commerce 1Tech & software 1Finance & banking 1Transport & logistics 1Legal & professional services 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 news3reports of events, mostly in English11 Nov 2026 · usually 4 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news50reports of events, mostly in English11 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 postings150.41 Feb 2020 = 10030 Oct 2026 · +4.3 since 31 Jul 2026Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.622AUD per euro11 Nov 2026 · euro +1.0% since 4 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
1Taken: Natalee Holloway
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2The One About Matthew Perry
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3Nobody Wants This
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4Black Doves
5A Couple of Lies
6Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell
7Will Trent
8The Diplomat
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9Dead-End Job
10East of Eden
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
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2You, Me & Tuscany
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3It Ends with Us
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4A Dog's Perfect Christmas
5Collision Course
6Heist
7The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
8Christmas at the Palace
9The Pelican Brief
10Nowhere to Run
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
1Ella Langley
2Tate McRae
3Olivia Rodrigo
4Olivia Dean
6Stella Lefty
7Adéla
8Sam Fender
9Taylor Swift
10Ashe
Apple Music · 2026-11-12
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Mamamia Out Loud
2Hamish & Andy
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3Conversations
4Casefile
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5Shameless
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6The Rest Is History
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7The Rest Is Politics: US
8The Rest Is Politics
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9The Case Of
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10Life Uncut
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-12
App Store · Free apps
1ING Banking - Do Your Thing
2Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
3ChatGPT
4myGov app
5AXS Tickets
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6Claude by Anthropic
7CapCut
8Planet Fitness Australia
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9AliExpress - Shopping App
10Shop
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App Store · 2026-11-12
App Store · Paid apps
1WikiCamps Australia
2Threema for iOS
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3TripView
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4Shadowrocket
5Monash FODMAP Diet
6Rain Parrot
7AnkiMobile Flashcards
8Chromagraph Camera
9Procreate
10Solocator - GPS Field Camera
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App Store · 2026-11-12
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.