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": 350526,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9b4e11183252ab7c7b565949f1921d14",
            "title": "Disrupted sleep rhythms may increase dementia risk through impaired waste clearance",
            "description": "Why are conditions such as chronic stress, depression, cardiovascular disease, fragmented sleep, and aging all associated with a higher risk of dementia? In a new review piece in Science, University of Rochester Medicine neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, proposes that many of these seemingly different conditions may converge on the same biological problem: disruption of a sleep-dependent brain rhythm that helps clear waste from the brain.",
            "content": "Why are conditions such as chronic stress, depression, cardiovascular disease, fragmented sleep, and aging all associated with a higher risk of dementia? In a new review piece in Science, University of Rochester Medicine neuroscientist Maiken Nederga... [3589 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260522/Disrupted-sleep-rhythms-may-increase-dementia-risk-through-impaired-waste-clearance.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-1241-45296008423622681466-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T04:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "21a4b00dfa63583e37f920d398f564a9",
            "title": "Guzman y Gomez exits US after succumbing to ‘graveyard’ for Australian fast food chains",
            "description": "Company founder Steven Marks says US stores will close as it can no longer justify cost of trying to break into crowded market",
            "content": "Guzman y Gomez is closing its US business after failing to establish itself in a market already rich with Mexican food, confirming the American country’s reputation as a “graveyard” for Australian fast food companies.\nThe Mexican-themed chain told sh... [2658 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/22/guzman-y-gomez-exits-us-after-succumbing-to-graveyard-for-australian-fast-food-chains",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/90fc42bfc65c49aaeb66ce158abb613bac5507e4/106_0_4729_3783/master/4729.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=e3ad3be3eb632b6f2dee7e3a47c12d51",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T03:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cabe913ad8d52a67b22d9588b9d483ac",
            "title": "High-dose vitamin D3 in pregnancy may boost children’s memory by age 10",
            "description": "High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation from mid-pregnancy to early postpartum was associated with better verbal and visual memory in children at age 10. The post hoc analysis suggests prenatal vitamin D3 exposure may support selected cognitive functions, although findings require cautious interpretation.",
            "content": "A decade-long follow-up of Danish children links higher prenatal vitamin D3 supplementation to stronger memory performance, highlighting pregnancy as a possible window for shaping childhood cognition.\nStudy: High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation Durin... [5996 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260521/High-dose-vitamin-D3-in-pregnancy-may-boost-childrene28099s-memory-by-age-10.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_838318_177941896751858.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T03:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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