Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 357490,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "36a1d68028f17cd7ae9237b8385baddf",
            "title": "Queensland Olympics Minister Tim Mander stands down after referral to AFP",
            "description": "Queensland's Olympics Minister Tim Mander has stood aside from cabinet after he was referred to police by the Australian Electoral Commission.",
            "content": "Queensland's Olympics Minister Tim Mander has stood aside from cabinet after he was referred to police by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).\nThe AEC confirmed on Thursday it had made the referral to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) amid qu... [1895 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/qld-minister-tim-mander-stands-down/106708334",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/11b5c7e58ee65d5b75b0d7a4736c8cee?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T07:07:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ab33bea0d3829b05fc2f4dd8f9b91172",
            "title": "Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type",
            "description": "Healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most vulnerable places.",
            "content": "BUNIA, Congo — Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most remote and vulnerable places.\nLong the sce... [6731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.btpm.org/2026-05-21/ebola-fears-surge-on-the-ground-in-congo-over-rapid-spread-of-a-rare-type",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d85294f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4887x2566+0+92/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F4887x2749%200%20254%2Fresize%2F4887x2749%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F40%2F50%2F29437dd2447cb7ae2b417ee2125d%2Fap26140529940548.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T06:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "040b0fbf17bada1c047fb3a98ae75155",
                "name": "Buffalo Toronto Public Media",
                "url": "https://www.btpm.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "355e58bd90d01726f8e340da2d7e7419",
            "title": "Coles investigates Apple gift card scam after Melbourne artist's viral complaint",
            "description": "Coles is looking into a Melbourne mother's complaint about faulty Apple gift cards worth $2,000.",
            "content": "Australian supermarket giant Coles is investigating concerns about gift cards purchased in one of its stores, after a customer's social media video about \"fraudulent\" Apple vouchers went viral.\nMelbourne-based illustrator Georgia Perry posted to Inst... [4606 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/coles-investigating-melbourne-woman-apple-gift-card-claims/106705738",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c2a2b04c31de99aece43e2e11c3ebbee?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1699&cropW=3020&xPos=0&yPos=913&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T05:42:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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