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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": 321664,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f65402a3dbdbafdddb8b3cab614c97de",
            "title": "DCE defies boos as pressure mounts on Manly with defeat to Roosters",
            "description": "Daly Cherry-Evans was booed all night but didn’t mind as his Roosters side overturned a first-half deficit to notch a big win.",
            "content": "They booed Daly Cherry-Evans every time he touched the ball in the first half.\nBy full-time, the same Manly fans were booing coach Anthony Seibold, with one section of the main grandstand chanting “Seibold Out”.\nThe Sea Eagles slumped to their third ... [3406 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-round-4-live-wild-weather-hits-brookvale-before-sea-eagles-roosters-clash-20260326-p5zj0c.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.353%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/079cdcb88982530f06895b9ce77b9d71b852817b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T11:11:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "774c3a1aff825960e447603dfb2e81c1",
            "title": "Intel Arrow Lake Refresh: The Budget CPU That Finally Gives AMD a Run for Its Money",
            "description": "Intel has mostly fixed its past mistakes with Arrow Lake.",
            "content": "Intel (INTC +7.06%) recently took the wraps off two new PC CPUs as part of its Arrow Lake Refresh. The original line of Arrow Lake CPUs was a mixed bag, priced too high at launch and lackluster in gaming performance. AMD's chips were generally a bett... [3529 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/03/26/intel-arrow-lake-refresh-the-budget-cpu-that-final/",
            "image": "https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F862406%2Fintel-cube-in-front-of-intel-headquarters-with-logo-on-front_intel.jpg&w=1200&op=resize",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T10:56:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "06bcd1e4bbd243dd27c15b9fa41816d9",
                "name": "The Motley Fool",
                "url": "https://www.fool.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "19b7ea899849f97238f68a2c5ab9e9d8",
            "title": "AFL round three 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from GMHBA Stadium in Geelong",
            "description": "Geelong Cats vs Adelaide Crows in round three of the 2026 AFL premiership season at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong at 7.30pm AEDT. Seven, Kayo and Fox Footy are broadcasting the match live. Follow this live blog for minute-by-minute updates, scores, results, odds, squads, injury updates and start time.",
            "content": "That was awesome from Jack Martin who won the ball in front of goal, beat a defender and check-sided the ball through the goals.\nHe took the ball first time off the bounce and in wet conditions - he looked like a kid in the school yard.\nClass.\nCats 6... [3108 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-vs-adelaide-afl-live-cats-host-undermanned-crows-without-dawson-walker-and-laird-20260325-p5yaaz.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.353%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/7f3c113d80c5aebd62959968644e4cbbb64090b1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T10:29:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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