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March 26, 2019
August 18, 2026
2.8.1
iOS 16.4+
4+
free
104.63MB
iPhone, iPad
6 hours ago
American English

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Access Australia's leading news source for breaking stories and trending topics. Stay informed on politics, pop culture, finance, sports, and more with a personalized feed and offline reading capabilities. Receive timely notifications for important updates.

✓Breaking news alerts

✓Trending stories

✓Personalized news feed

✓Offline reading

✓Politics, sport, entertainment coverage

✓Weather updates

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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of news.com.au. Based on 177 reviews and a 2.7/5 average, it highlights the 6 positives and 14 negatives reviewers mention most about this News app.

Positive things

📰Free news app with no paywall
🎬Video content and watch tab available
📱Wide range of topics covered
⚡Fast news alerts and notifications
🎨Improved app design and layout
📊Good mix of entertainment and news

Negative things

🐛Frequent app crashes and freezing
📢Excessive and intrusive advertisements
✍️Numerous spelling and grammar errors
📄Clickbait headlines and sensationalism
🔄Content duplication and story repetition
⚙️Poor app performance and lag
🎮Aggressive game advertisements
📱Tablet compatibility issues
🔊Auto-playing videos interrupt music
📰Low-quality journalism and fact-checking
🎯Algorithm-driven content lacks transparency
⬆️Page jumping due to ad placement
🔋High CPU/GPU usage and battery drain
🎬Long unskippable video ads

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What's New in news.com.au

2.8.1

August 18, 2026

We’ve redesigned the news.com.au app to make it even easier to get across what’s happening and to join in the conversation. Plus bug fixes and performance improvements to the video player for a smoother experience.

User reviews

New APP

Bring back the old APP not enjoying the new one having to swipe to read articles is very annoying

Misswillow200

7 days ago

If you are looking for news that does not lean left...

This news source generally does not lean left politically. This news is not targeted for the intellectual elite of the country, it might be said. It is meant to be a news source for the masses, but in that sense it aims to present the news that the masses would be interested in. An outcome of all this is that this news source doesn't lecture the reader with woke political moralising.

Frankie3211

7 days ago

Recent update

Latest update is horrible, no news just sports and ads.
Disgraceful

Feedback_nm

9 days ago

New format is terrible

Don’t make the app like a social media format, it’s too busy and not user friendly at all. I use to like this app but now I’ll have to look for something else

Avhni123

10 days ago

Awfull

Controlling bs

razor1278

11 days ago

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