News from .au domains
65,696 news articles published under .au domains. Unlike country, the domain zone is observed rather than inferred.
The busiest publisher in this slice is www.perthnow.com.au with 15,049 articles, 22.9% of the total, followed by thewest.com.au, www.ibtimes.com.au. By language it splits into English (64,952). Daily volume averages about 1,864 articles over the last 8 days, peaking at 2,488 on 2026-09-03.
Fetch it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=au&date=today&sort=date&size=20"No API key, no signup, no quota. The response carries the headline, description,
publisher, publication time and the original URL for every article, and the full body text
if you ask for it with full_text=true.
Count it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?tld=au&top=20"Returns exactly the breakdown shown on this page: which publishers, which languages, and how the volume splits across the last 90 days. About 200 tokens, which makes it the cheapest way for an agent to decide whether this slice is worth reading.
Compare with country = Australia: the domain zone is observed, the country is inferred, and the two do not match exactly. Publishers in Australia also use .com, and .au is sometimes used from outside Australia.
Latest from this slice
The newest articles matching this filter at the time this page was generated. Headlines link to the publisher — we index and search, we do not host.
| Published | Headline | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07T22:07 | Joyce says he’s ‘not Jesus Christ’ when pushed on superannuation policy | www.smh.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:07 | Joyce says he’s ‘not Jesus Christ’ when pushed on superannuation policy | www.theage.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:07 | Joyce says he’s ‘not Jesus Christ’ when pushed on superannuation policy | www.brisbanetimes.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:05 | Gus unexpectedly probes Cleary on Fowler future | www.smh.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:05 | Gus unexpectedly probes Cleary on Fowler future | www.theage.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:05 | Gus unexpectedly probes Cleary on Fowler future | www.brisbanetimes.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:05 | Nathan explains reason behind Jett's Warriors stint | www.smh.com.au |
2026-09-07T22:05 | Nathan explains reason behind Jett's Warriors stint | www.theage.com.au |
Who publishes it
The 25 most active publishers inside this slice right now. Not a curated list — this is simply who appeared most often.
| Publisher | Articles | Share | API |
|---|---|---|---|
www.perthnow.com.au | 15,049 | 22.9% | query |
thewest.com.au | 10,047 | 15.3% | query |
www.ibtimes.com.au | 2,871 | 4.4% | query |
www.foxsports.com.au | 2,264 | 3.4% | query |
www.smh.com.au | 2,262 | 3.4% | query |
7news.com.au | 2,173 | 3.3% | query |
www.theage.com.au | 2,152 | 3.3% | query |
www.brisbanetimes.com.au | 2,120 | 3.2% | query |
www.afl.com.au | 1,659 | 2.5% | query |
www.finnewsnetwork.com.au | 1,456 | 2.2% | query |
www.wangarattachronicle.com.au | 853 | 1.3% | query |
thenightly.com.au | 796 | 1.2% | query |
www.nine.com.au | 731 | 1.1% | query |
www.businessnews.com.au | 723 | 1.1% | query |
www.nowtolove.com.au | 639 | 1.0% | query |
www.thegazette.com.au | 496 | 0.8% | query |
www.bartvsports.com.au | 459 | 0.7% | query |
insideretail.com.au | 446 | 0.7% | query |
www.canberratimes.com.au | 428 | 0.7% | query |
www.fool.com.au | 399 | 0.6% | query |
www.newidea.com.au | 387 | 0.6% | query |
reneweconomy.com.au | 386 | 0.6% | query |
www.sgst.com.au | 365 | 0.6% | query |
www.dubbophotonews.com.au | 346 | 0.5% | query |
www.cricket.com.au | 340 | 0.5% | query |
Countries behind .au
The zone is a fact; the country is inferred from it and from other signals. Where they disagree, this table shows it.
| Code | Name | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| AU | Australia | 65,696 | 100.0% |
Languages under .au
| Code | Name | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| en | English | 64,952 | 98.9% |
Volume by day
How much this slice produces daily. Useful for sizing a job before you run it, and for spotting whether a spike is real or an artefact of one publisher.
| Day | Articles | |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07 | 1,105 | |
2026-09-06 | 1,592 | |
2026-09-05 | 1,476 | |
2026-09-04 | 2,417 | |
2026-09-03 | 2,488 | |
2026-09-02 | 2,243 | |
2026-09-01 | 1,843 | |
2026-08-31 | 1,751 | |
2026-08-30 | 1,450 | |
2026-08-29 | 1,359 | |
2026-08-28 | 2,288 | |
2026-08-27 | 2,551 | |
2026-08-26 | 2,241 | |
2026-08-25 | 1,343 |
Combine with other filters
# Australia, published today, full article bodies
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=au&date=today&full_text=true&size=10"
# Australia, search phrase, ranked by relevance
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=au&q=economy&sort=relevance&size=20"
# Australia, newly ingested in the last 15 minutes
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=au&sort=crawled&from=now-15m&size=50"