Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 396290,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "87e2d918c90e449e32ac460db45200de",
            "title": "US midterm results 2026 LIVE updates: Democrats sweep House, Senate after flips across the US in historic result; Trump breaks silence as Republicans retain Florida, West Virginia",
            "description": "Polls across the United States have begun to open in what some are calling America’s most important midterm election in modern history. US President Donald Trump and the Republicans are under serious threat from a Democrat ‘Blue Wave’, with key states across the North, South and Mid-West set to decide the outcome. Follow along to our live blog for the latest news updates.",
            "content": "In another signal of the size of the blue wave washing Republicans from Congress, Cindy Hyde-Smith is now fighting to save her Senate seat representing Mississippi, a Deep South state that last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 1982.\nIn 2024, Trump... [5605 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/us-midterms-2026-live-updates-polls-begin-to-open-across-america-with-key-states-threatening-president-trump-republican-majority-blue-wave-predicted-for-democrats-in-house-and-senate-20261104-p61b0t.html?post=p5bemz",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5516%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/31b05bdc8945bf5a0eb25dd7e11bd0b5970fb1ff311e011d850df7364c445d11",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:08:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0f9aa8c9dfd8d32eade0198023fd1822",
            "title": "Australia's banks lift mortgage rates in wake of RBA's fifth cash rate hike this year",
            "description": "Australia's banks reveal they will raise their interest rates in response to the RBA's decision to lift the cash rate for the fifth time in 2026.",
            "content": "Australia's lenders will apply higher interest rates to variable mortgages in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hike the cash rate to an 18-year high of 4.85 per cent on Tuesday.\nRBA governor Michele Bullock announced the ... [2148 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-04/australian-banks-lift-interest-rates-after-rba-cash-rate-hike/107341858",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c8bc77d1f3d25cceb36436c724e034b5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2250&cropW=4000&xPos=0&yPos=207&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:04:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6eb0efa2bf82d6badc2db72e84041ea8",
            "title": "Democrats sweep to power at midterms in rejection of Trump, Republicans",
            "description": "Democrats have seized control of both chambers of the US Congress in a “blue tsunami” at the midterm elections that deprives President Donald Trump and his Republicans of their legislative power and begins turning the page on the Trump era.",
            "content": "November 4, 2026 — 3:58pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nGift icon0 / 3\nNo gift articles left\nYou've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every... [4806 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/democrats-sweep-to-power-at-midterms-in-rejection-of-trump-republicans-20261104-p61at7.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.8539%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_277%2C$y_216/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/dfeb5bc4f02134d2fd85fe65a5c41cbfb0997ce8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T04:58:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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