How Mini News works

The process

Every two hours, our automated pipeline aggregates headlines from major Australian news publishers via their public RSS feeds. Each article is summarised into 2-3 sentences using OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini model, giving you the key facts without the noise. The pipeline categorises each story into one of 11 sections — from national politics to cost of living — using a combination of RSS tags and keyword matching.

Every summary links back to the original source article so you can always read the full report. We never reproduce full article text; only short summaries are published.

AI disclosure

All summaries on Mini News are generated by artificial intelligence (specifically, OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini). No human journalist writes or edits these summaries. The AI receives only the article's headline and RSS description, then produces a neutral 2-3 sentence summary focused on the key facts.

While we use a low-temperature setting to maximise factual accuracy, AI-generated content may occasionally contain errors or miss important nuance. We strongly encourage readers to visit the original source for the complete story.

Editorial policy & corrections

Mini News is a fully automated service. There is no editorial team selecting or prioritising stories — all content is determined by what appears in our tracked publishers' RSS feeds. Summaries are generated programmatically and published without manual review.

If you spot a factual error in a summary or believe content has been misrepresented, please contact us at hello@mininews.com.au and we will investigate and correct or remove the summary promptly.

Our sources

We aggregate news from the following Australian publishers:

• ABC News
• SBS News
• The Guardian AU
• Sydney Morning Herald
• The Age
• news.com.au
• 9News