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": 350040,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "148b33aec8d4b6b04caa4624544d7ba9",
            "title": "Deep soil carbon may be the climate sink we overlooked",
            "description": "More than half of Earth’s soil carbon lies deeper than scientists usually measure, potentially reshaping climate models.",
            "content": "Most countries measure soil carbon by drilling down to about a foot. That’s the plough layer – where crops are seeded, where tillage churns things over – and it’s been treated as the whole ledger for decades.\nA major new review says the ledger has al... [5211 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/deep-soil-carbon-may-be-the-climate-sink-we-overlooked/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/05/17085107/deep-soil-carbon.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T15:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d72380c8bf9f9721c600be9bf9a6442c",
            "title": "Fewer radiotherapy sessions for prostate cancer show minimal side effects",
            "description": "Two larger doses of radiotherapy for prostate cancer cause no additional side effects compared to the standard five doses of radiotherapy, according to results presented at the Congress of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO 2026).",
            "content": "Two larger doses of radiotherapy for prostate cancer cause no additional side effects compared to the standard five doses of radiotherapy, according to results presented at the Congress of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO 202... [4038 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260517/Fewer-radiotherapy-sessions-for-prostate-cancer-show-minimal-side-effects.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-2099-458520524366319441723-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T15:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b195fa7c0f279ebcd445900ebc7d7a0",
            "title": "Trachoma successfully eliminated in Australia through…",
            "description": "The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated that Australia is the 30th nation to eliminate Trachoma, a preventable infectious eye disease, which…",
            "content": "Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCHO) achieved elimination status by working with non-Indigenous organisations over decades, to provide culturally safe, holistic health care.\nTania McLeod is a proud Jawoyn/Mangarayi and Wagedagam woma... [6995 chars]",
            "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/19/trachoma-successfully-eliminated-in-australia-through-indigenous-led-health-care",
            "image": "https://cdn.craft.cloud/019da4e9-f79c-70fd-9f88-624918b9686f/assets/thumbnail/lead-image-2026-05-14T111751.607.png?fit=cover&height=630&width=1200&s=JKgGqWuPjbERHC3JDLUadrppraUKDFKs_OieNRa3pys",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T14:09:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "74b3be1e44ce1f9603e4ee104bd718d7",
                "name": "The Medical Journal of Australia",
                "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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