I'm using spaRSS, and it works great for me. I haven't tried Pocketnow, but I suggest you to give it a try. It's also very small.

Sparss reader

Open Source App with material design.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.etuldan.sparss

Here's a decent list of news sources to consider (in alphabetical order):

• Australian Associated Press (RSS feed)
• ABC News (RSS feed)
• The Conversation (RSS feed)
• The Guardian (Australia news) (RSS feed)
• Independent Australia (RSS feed)
• The Mandarin (RSS feed)
• The New Daily (RSS feed)
• SBS News (RSS feed)
• Michael West Media (RSS feed)

Fact checking:

• AAP FactCheck (RSS feed)
• RMIT ABC Fact Check (RSS feed)
• The Conversation – FactCheck (RSS feed)

Bonus: RSS feed readers for mobile

Here are two FOSS (free, open-source software) RSS reader apps:

• iOS: NetNewsWire (source code),
• Android: spaRSS (source code).

A gov.au. server-hosted RSS feed and free RSS reader app would clearly be a superior option over a "free" commercial service where your privacy is sold and your news stream manipulated by algorithms.

FWIW, here are two viable options for mobile phones (both are free, open source software):

• iOS: NetNewsWire (source code),
• Android: spaRSS (source code).

Well worth the trade.

For text RSS feeds, I like SpaRSS; for Audio, I like Antennapod, both available from Google Play or F-droid (I use the latter). Neither use any external server to track your subscriptions or progress.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.etuldan.sparss

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.danoeh.antennapod

https://f-droid.org/app/net.etuldan.sparss.floss

https://f-droid.org/app/de.danoeh.antennapod