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": 6450004,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Greens accused of misleading voters with flyer in tightly contested Brisbane seat",
            "description": "Incumbent MP Max Chandler-Mather dismisses Labor’s criticism as sign of desperation from a party on the back foot in Griffithh",
            "content": "Labor’s Murray Watt has accused the Greens of deliberately misleading voters in the tightly contested Queensland seat of Griffith by distributing flyers in Liberal party blue that describe Max Chandler-Mather as an “independent voice”.\nThe flyers, se... [3682 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/26/greens-accused-of-misleading-voters-griffith-max-chandler-mather-flyer-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/790b30be1fce803bf4eb3658994bf50cef1f7969/0_200_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=3838cb2a1813c78322f2cc6dc0f88442",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T07:12:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Payout for man wrongfully convicted of police murders",
            "description": "Jason Roberts served 22 years for the 1998 murders of two police officers but was later acquitted.",
            "content": "Jason Roberts, the man convicted and later acquitted over the murders of police officers Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rod Miller, has agreed to settle his lawsuit with the Victorian government for wrongful imprisonment.\nRoberts served 22 y... [340 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/payout-for-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-police-murders-20250426-p5luep.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5516%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_50/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_theage_no_label_no_age_social_wm/cd2ea8a3c4691e37a3685ff3b67a72ce906c3bab",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T06:33:47Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Virginia Giuffre was a vocal advocate for sexual abuse victims",
            "description": "She exposed the elite and broke her silence — now she's gone, but her story refuses to die.",
            "content": "Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, has died at her farm in Western Australia, aged 41.\nThe prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew died by suicide.\nShe's being remembered for her \"incredible courage\" in speaking out ... [5816 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/virginia-giuffre-death-interviews-advocacy-sex-abuse-victims/105219436",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7a9ca01580f56ae4e7d01a52f1fb58f8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2159&cropW=3839&xPos=0&yPos=298&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T06:27:07Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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