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3.05·3,107 reviews·100,000+ downloads
About The Australian
The Australian is a news & magazines app developed by News Digital Media..
Download Statistics
The Australian has been downloaded 190 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 3.4 thousand times. It is ranked #7 in news & magazines.
User Ratings
The Australian is rated 3.05 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 3.1 thousand ratings.
App Information
The Australian is FREE to download. The APK download size is 153.44 MB. The latest version available is 7.9.9. The last update was on August 11, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The Australian requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2014.
Description
The Australian app provides the best news experience designed for when you’re on the move. Stay informed throughout the day with our breadth of content and award-winning journalism from Australia and around the world.
Subscribers of The Australian (other than Today's Paper digital replica subscribers) will have access to:
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM Stay informed with the latest news from Australia and around the world with our leading opinion, commentary and analysis from the most experienced journalists and correspondents, including trusted sources from The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.
BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WITH NOTIFICATIONS Receive alerts on the stories that matter most as they happen. Tailor your notifications on a range of topics from breaking news, and curated news updates via editions, business, commentary, lifestyle and travel.
READ TODAY’S PAPER In the Today’s Paper section, you can easily read a digital copy of the paper exactly as it was printed, as well as explore our many lift-outs and magazines including The Weekend Australian Magazine, Wish, The List and more.
STREAM, FOLLOW AND DOWNLOAD OUR POPULAR PODCASTS You can find all of The Australian’s chart-topping podcasts in one place. Enjoy the premium listening experience in the app, on the go or in the car.
CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH MIND GAMES Pass the time with our Mind Games section full of puzzles and games, including The Times of London’s world-famous cryptic crossword.
GIFTING * Eligible subscribers can use The Australian app to gift up to 10 gift links in each successive 28 day period. Each gift link can be used by only one person to access one article on a single device. When you generate the gift link, this counts towards your 10 gift link limit even if you don't gift it to anyone. The right to gift up to 10 gift links does not accrue from one 28 day period to the next. Only send a gift link to someone who has consented to receive it. For full terms see www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms.
The Australian app for mobile and tablet is free to download, however, to gain access to the app's content and features, simply subscribe for Member-only access.
Member-only access gives you digital access to thousands of subscriber-only stories, the digital replica of the paper, puzzles, podcasts and more of what you love.
How to gain access to the app's content and features: 1) Existing members of The Australian can log in to the app when prompted using their membership details; or, 2) Become a member by subscribing through the app.
For full Terms and Conditions please visit https://news-networkeditorial.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/mhr/tandcs/tcs_tc.html and our Privacy Policy, please visit preferences.news.com.au
Please note: This app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.
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Reduced my rating to four. Why can't I write multiple paragraphs when commenting on news items? The enter button disappears from my on-screen keyboard, which is most annoying.
★★★★★Bev Collins (Imbalaska)· Dec 2, 2024
The Australian has a balanced view of the latest news. The journalists report the news as news and opinion pieces are noted as that.
★★★★★William Lindsay· Jul 22, 2026
The developer has quickly responded to the issue I posted earlier and fixed the problem. Excellent support. The app on my Samsung phone has stopped refreshing itself. I get the exact same news items as the day before and refreshing in the app doesn't fix it. I have to clear the app cache on my phone to get the current news items.
★★☆☆☆Judy Doedens· Jul 8, 2025
The latest version of this app often takes forever to load the main page. This did not previously happen. A white screen shows with the twirling loading circle and takes a minute or more before the front page appears. It also occasionally crashes on our Samsung tablet, and suffers from the news taking minutes to load also. The latest app STILL has ongoing problems scrolling when there are images included in the article. This problem has been present since the new version was rolled out.
★★☆☆☆james christensen· Apr 12, 2025
Two app issues for me: I don't like the disabling of "readers' comments" on some of their own articles. Is it to discourage discussion on certain matters ? Secondly: Pre flight I download "Today's paper". Use of the app during a flight off-line continues to lose "Today's paper" making it impossible to read what you had thought was downloaded and would be otherwise accessible off-line.
★★☆☆☆Kimberley MacElroy· Feb 4, 2026
You pay a lot of money for subscription with early access to podcasts, but the podcasts don't autoplay the next, the layout feels like it is the first attempt, there is no link to Android auto, it does not restart where you left off. For news articles you can't get notifications for keywords you might be interested in - just categories- and these are so broad and so frequent I don't read any of them. It's 2026 - do better 'The Australian '.
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