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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": 320716,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ff1a89d50ad050cfd1f07e4614713fca",
            "title": "Nanodevice Harnesses Evaporation for Endless Power",
            "description": "A nanodevice developed at EPFL produces an autonomous, stable current from evaporating saltwater by using heat and light to control the movement of",
            "content": "In 2024, researchers in the Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technology (LNET) in EPFL's School of Engineering reported a platform for studying the hydrovoltaic (HV) effect - a phenomenon that allows electricity to be harvested when fluid is pass... [3413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nanodevice-harnesses-evaporation-for-endless-1622760/",
            "image": "https://actu.epfl.ch/image/161119/1440x810.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T06:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "903ae450886755ac31a0a57ae1e40344",
            "title": "Roommates Max and Laurie have 54 years between them. They're part of a growing trend",
            "description": "The pair is part of a growing movement matching older landlords with renters, in a bid to offer a quick fix...",
            "content": "There's a 54-year age gap between Melburnians Laurie Darby and Max Flett, but the retired teacher had no problems welcoming her 23-year-old gardener into her spare room.\nWith an empty bedroom and rising bills, Darby pitched the unconventional idea of... [2445 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/intergenerational-living-spare-rooms-housing-crisis-solution/3f6302db-7dad-461f-8106-9b5e2dea91da",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/T64RQ54zQybB6Qam2c4V4Nzrr8w=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F1fcd22d2-b971-457a-a130-3ad9f0e2a1c3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T05:16:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a88ee09264511c3bc4d69c943a39cbf1",
            "title": "affected driver who struck them outside St Edmund's College",
            "description": "Tayler Hazell is facing his victims in a sentencing hearing in the ACT Supreme Court. He struck two students in Canberra in a stolen car while high on drugs.",
            "content": "A St Edmund's College student who once dreamed of playing professional football has told the ACT Supreme Court his future was taken from him the morning he was struck by a meth-fuelled driver.\nIn a letter read to the court, the 15-year-old boy said h... [4409 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/court-hears-st-eddies-victim-struck-stolen-car-drug-driver/106364166",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ef484ecce49b008b31e942cc57fc2a70?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1447&cropW=2573&xPos=0&yPos=134&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T05:03:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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