Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON 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": 265676,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cc17e78b8e535f964a2d7ab473a97f75",
            "title": "A Warhammer World in the USA? Get the details here.",
            "description": "Breaking News: There’s a new Warhammer World coming.",
            "content": "We’re excited to announce today that we’re starting work on a new Warhammer World… this time in the USA!\nThat’s right, soon there will be another must-visit Warhammer location to add to your bucket list!\nBased just outside Washington DC, this new War... [693 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/u6jqjmvz/a-warhammer-world-in-the-usa-get-the-details-here/",
            "image": "https://assets.warhammer-community.com/1-feature-oskuly61bl.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T15:19:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ff0cce4a7da337a925c01deb06a20c2b",
                "name": "Warhammer Community",
                "url": "https://www.warhammer-community.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4d4121eb8b3caaac696a2eada6dddb3b",
            "title": "$5 Million NHMRC Grant to Tackle Advanced and Metastatic Cancers",
            "description": "$5 Million NHMRC Grant to Tackle Advanced and Metastatic Cancers - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre / Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre",
            "content": "Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre shared a post on LinkedIn:\n“A $5 million National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant will help Peter Mac researchers tackle one of cancer’s toughest challenges: advanced, metastatic disease.\nLed by Profess... [386 chars]",
            "url": "https://oncodaily.com/voices/peter-maccallum-cancer-centre-439682",
            "image": "https://oncodaily.com/pub/uploads/2026/01/BeFunky-collage-2026-01-11T191018.613-1280x720.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T15:11:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "654c15cf5fba9c885b59fdc406129149",
                "name": "Oncodaily",
                "url": "https://oncodaily.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b01da0bfda00088176c3b393b4966d0e",
            "title": "Almost twice as many Australian GP clinics bulk billing since Medicare incentive changes, analysis suggests",
            "description": "Survey by online health directory Cleanbill finds more than 1,000 clinics switched from private or mixed billing to full bulk billing since start of 2025",
            "content": "GP bulk-billing rates have rebounded following incentives introduced by the federal government in November, analysis by the online health directory Cleanbill shows.\nThe national analysis, published on Monday, found the proportion of fully bulk-billin... [4139 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/almost-twice-as-many-australian-gp-clinics-bulk-billing-since-medicare-incentive-changes-analysis-suggests",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1cba6dca96336694725679402cbf1349f38140f9/681_0_3560_2848/master/3560.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=10b818b846f12b011cd0fb9dd3e39601",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T14:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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