The facts of each story, free. Then what it means, from more than one side.
Need to Know cards give you the verified facts. Perspectives and long reads from independent journalists tell you what it means and what people think, and you pay the writers you choose to read.
Need to Know cards
Each card is one story’s verified facts, with its sources, and why you need to know.
When a story moves, the card updates in place and shows you what’s new. Corrections are shown, never hidden.
Need to Know cards are always free. No account needed.
Perspectives and long reads
Under each card, independent journalists write perspectives: what the story means (analysis) and what they think (opinion). A card with several perspectives shows you the range at a glance.
Long reads go deeper and stand on their own.
Perspective · 1 credit
A piece on one of the day’s cards.
Long read · 2 credits
A deeper piece that stands on its own.
You choose who you pay
Your plan gives you credits each month. Spend one on a piece and the journalist who wrote it is paid for that read. No bundle, no masthead in the middle deciding who gets what.
That means your money follows your reading. Read three economists’ takes on the RBA and all three are paid.
You get 2 free credits when you join.
The lens on every piece
Every piece carries two things you can see before you spend a credit. The tag says whether it’s an analysis or an opinion. The lens says where it sits politically, on five points from Left to Right.
A reading tool reads every piece before it publishes, from its framing, emphasis and sources, and shows its working. It reads the lens of that piece, not the political position of the writer. An editor can override a reading, and writers and subscribers can contest one.
The lens is there so you know what you’re reading, not to tell you what to think.
Why the RBA is watching rents, not petrol
Mortgage holders are paying for a problem they didn’t cause
What a February cut would mean for small lenders
Following, Ask and your Knowledge Health
Following. Read a card and you follow it. When it moves or is corrected, it shows in Following, and as a notification if you’ve turned them on, never between 10pm and 7am. Follow writers to see their new pieces too. Your email digest is daily, weekly or off.
Ask. Ask anything about the news. If a piece already answers it, you’ll get that piece. The questions readers keep asking get written by our journalists.
Knowledge Health. The ring in the corner grows as you read, and faster when you read perspectives you usually wouldn’t. Tap it to see what’s moving it and where your gaps are.