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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": 299186,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8cb6c5340e9bf0611f82f5ec29ee03ab",
            "title": "Early pregnancy reshapes breast aging and lowers cancer risk",
            "description": "A new study by cell biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that an early first pregnancy may protect against breast cancer decades later by preventing age-related changes in breast cells that are linked to tumor formation.",
            "content": "A new study by cell biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that an early first pregnancy may protect against breast cancer decades later by preventing age-related changes in breast cells that are linked to tumor formation. U... [6021 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260203/Early-pregnancy-reshapes-breast-aging-and-lowers-cancer-risk.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/6/Pregnancy-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T16:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9629e33facf4f5551c84c8781c137a42",
            "title": "Early Pregnancy Tied to Aging, Breast Cancer Risk",
            "description": "SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A new study by cell biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that an early first pregnancy may protect",
            "content": "SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A new study by cell biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that an early first pregnancy may protect against breast cancer decades later by preventing age-related changes in breast cells that are linked ... [6054 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/early-pregnancy-tied-to-aging-breast-cancer-risk-1612990/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1584515933487-779824d29309%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T15:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cfc29b47b09ec2b56e251b19d71391ef",
            "title": "Patient, Hopkins Team Up to Tackle Rare Cancer Syndrome",
            "description": "Jeffrey Ellin, a 46-year-old Baltimore resident and an avid long-distance runner, brought himself to the Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center in",
            "content": "Jeffrey Ellin, a 46-year-old Baltimore resident and an avid long-distance runner, brought himself to the Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center in February 2020 with a small cosmetic complaint that would unexpectedly become a years-long challenge... [4823 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/patient-hopkins-team-up-to-tackle-rare-cancer-1612984/",
            "image": "https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/news/images/mrellin-teaser.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T15:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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