Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top headlines from Australia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=au&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --data-urlencode "country=au" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "general", "country": "au", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "general",
    country: "au",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "general",
    "country"  => "au",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=au&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 369576,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "36597b5ec5d89864b090884b3dc4a26f",
            "title": "Big Bang star Kaley Cuoco welcomes second baby with fiance Tom Pelphrey",
            "description": "Former Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco and her fiance Tom Pelphrey have welcomed their second child together.",
            "content": "Former Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco and her fiance Tom Pelphrey have welcomed their second child together.\nCuoco made the announcement on Instagram today, revealing that she had given birth to a daughter named Philomena Carmine Bobby Pelphrey, bo... [2229 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/big-bang-star-kaley-cuoco-welcomes-second-baby-with-fiance-tom-pelphrey/news-story/e2dc977f919c4b2f65d8815d59838542",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/2f507f633ff7c102ef91721717dece87",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:52:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "13864d747e8df5c9a8597cc81fb616b2",
            "title": "Sydney hospital patient charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fellow patient alight",
            "description": "NSW police allege Raymond James Dungay doused three patients in petrol before setting one alight at Prince of Wales hospital in Randwick",
            "content": "A patient at a Sydney hospital has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly pouring petrol on three fellow patients before setting one on fire.\nRaymond James Dungay, 48, was charged with two counts of attempted murder following the alleged ... [1732 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/15/sydney-hospital-patient-charged-attempted-murder-royal-prince-of-wales-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7b779b9091d0fe2fb4e53024283b29ab4cdd1b09/683_0_4597_3676/master/4597.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=bac1a556787edbe968122c79422af4f6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "976d9b42d6db7c6355836cf1e2593523",
            "title": "Abu Dhabi royal Mahrah Al Nahyan found on slumped on London street",
            "description": "A member of the Abu Dhabi’s ruling royal family was found passed out on a London street after a reported cocaine binge.",
            "content": "Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, was discovered unconscious by passersby on June 13, slumped against railings next to an unconscious man and a three-year-old child, who was barefoot and playing nearby on the busy road.\nAccording to UK masthead The Telegraph, Al... [1723 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/member-of-abu-dhabis-ruling-royal-family-seen-slumped-on-london-street/news-story/bc57a6dd5d09d9368ee73b8ea47d50b2",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/6498545898ecfcd58f9e76c88282f504",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:55:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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