Six reasons to download The Courier-Mail app

The Courier Mail app gives you a front row seat to the news as it happens every day. Here’s why you should download today.

Download The Courier-Mail app to make the most of your subscription.

From great rewards to exclusive access, there’s never been a better time to become a Courier-Mail subscriber.

The Courier Mail-app gives you a front row seat to the news as it happens every day, bringing you breaking news, sport, entertainment and information from trusted local journalists, backed up by powerful personalisation features.

It’s your news, your way.

As a subscriber, you’ll be the first to know what’s going on across Brisbane, regional Queensland, the country and the world, as well as helping to ensure important stories get told through fearless, independent journalism.

If you’re a full digital subscriber and you haven’t already:

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From national and international news to entertainment, true crime, lifestyle and sport, The Courier-Mail app makes it easy for you to experience our quality journalism across every platform.

Wherever you live in Queensland, whatever your news interests are, get the news you need at your fingertips.

The Courier-Mail app is free to download and explore, but with a full digital subscription you can access so much more than just the headlines.

A full digital subscription gives you full access to all of our breaking news and views including all premium, exclusive articles and analysis of our agenda-setting news from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail team.

Want to know what’s happening in the regions – from drought, to floods, to the resources industry?

Your subscription gives you access to content from our regional journalists covering Mackay, Whitsundays and Bowen, Rockhampton, Emerald, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Fraser Coast, Gympie, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Gatton, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Dalby, Toowoomba, Roma, Chinchilla, Charleville and the north and south Burnett.

Plus Full Digital Subscribers can also enjoy all these benefits:

Inform and inspire with article gifting

Gift up to 10 articles every 28 days* to friends and family.

Gift articles that inspire you, spark conversation and keep your community informed in just a few clicks.

The gifting process is simple: just visit any article while logged in to The Courier-Mail website or the updated app and tap on the gift icon to generate your unique link.

Then, easily send the link using your device’s share tools.

Only send a gift link to someone who has consented to receive it.

Read today’s paper as it was printed

Subscribers can read today’s paper as it was printed.

Enjoy reading the daily paper?

With a full digital subscription from couriermail.com.au, you can access The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail digital print edition on your computer, tablet or phone — the newspaper exactly as it’s printed but available on digital devices and featuring additional accessibility options making it even easier to read.

Discover our podcasts

Explore a wide range of programs from our team of expert journalists across the News network.

You will get access to quality podcasts like The Juggling Act, From the Newsroom and Towards the Games.

Play our games

Train your brain, make your commute more fun or wind down after dinner with our sudoku, crossword and cryptic crossword.

You can also test out your general knowledge with our daily quiz.

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coversale, has created a new daily quiz challenge.

Test yourself, play with your friends or family and see how you fare against other subscribers.

Read expert commentary

Take in the analysis and ideas from the opinions that matter and that shape our lives.

Trying to understand Queensland politics or what’s happening in Canberra? Our team will keep you across everything you need to know.

Need to keep tabs on what’s happening in property development or business? Our experts will keep you across the news that matters.

Keen to keep on top of police and crime news? Our team of experienced crime and court reporters will make sure you don’t miss a thing.

Receive instant news notifications and then read the full story

Go into The Courier-Mail app settings to set up instant news notifications.

Get up to speed on the latest news and be the first to know as it breaks all around the world.

Simply set news alerts and notifications in the settings on your app to make sure you get the news when you want it most. Then, as a full digital subscriber, you can read the full story behind each notification.

GET STARTED: STEP BY STEP GUIDE

Once you’ve downloaded the app, this is what you need to do to make the most of all its features:

1. Sign up for a full digital subscription at couriermail.com.au or log in here if you’re already a member.

2. Once you sign in you can start personalising the news you see in the app by selecting your location, topics and dedicated local journalists.

3. Enter your postcode to get the latest local news from local journalists working where you live. Wherever you are in Queensland we’ve got you covered from the Gold Coast to Cairns. Once you’ve punched in your postcode you can add even more locations.

4. Click on any of the Queensland locations you want news from our teams of local journalists.

5. You can also add Queensland and national news, lifestyle, business, world and sport news. There’s even options to follow your NRL or AFL teams as well as your local journalists.

6. Change the order that you see your topics by clicking on going to settings, clicking on the before dragging each topic to where you want it.

7. Now it’s time to set up notifications so you can receive the latest breaking news from your area.

8. You can go to the notifications settings and choose whether you want regular news briefings for major Queensland news. There are now options for regional app alerts, including for local breaking news and daily briefings as well as alerts for sport, entertainment, business, lifestyle and podcasts. You can change the settings at any time.

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