NewsTalk is a cutting-edge research platform that offers a unique opportunity to analyse the Australian public discourse on important issues. By harvesting reader comments from news websites and Reddit, NewsTalk provides a wealth of data for humanities and social science researchers to study the opinions and attitudes of the Australian public. The platform is designed to be easy to use, with features such as search capabilities, topic grouping, and metadata downloads. Additionally, the platform offers an API and Python wrapper for researchers who prefer to access the data programmatically. NewsTalk fills the void left by the withdrawal of Twitter's research API, and provides a valuable tool for researchers looking to understand public opinion in Australia.