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Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 345508,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9be00066436cc6d789aa6fd826abb3f1",
            "title": "The children feared to be at highest risk of missing out under Thriving Kids",
            "description": "With just months to go until Thriving Kids starts, parents and experts are warning a particular cohort of children is at risk of falling through the cracks.",
            "content": "When Christian and Nik Tran joined the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), mum Alice was relieved they would finally get the support needed to live a life like any other kid.\nNik, 8, has been diagnosed with level two autism, while Christian,... [6286 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-12/moderate-children-at-risk-under-thriving-kids-ndis/106385602",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4830d99adef77baf72fdef2328485cab?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2391&cropW=4250&xPos=138&yPos=149&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T19:09:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54ca38fcd697b9a580a96f49dba668f5",
            "title": "The federal budget 'leak' so good, the journalist's own editors didn't believe it",
            "description": "It was \"the best Canberra scoop in years\", but the journalist's own editors did not believe it, and almost buried the story.",
            "content": "With so many terrible stories in the news at the moment, do you want to hear a light-hearted tale?\nIt involves the Canberra press gallery.\nAt this time of year, in the weeks leading up to a federal budget, we always see speculation in the media about... [6168 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-12/federal-budget-leak-1954-arthur-fadden-hal-myers/106542398",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/859174e8fe606c534e19a9364d167664?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=472&cropW=840&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T18:58:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d1ea81e4794fa02079e65d4a6a1c938",
            "title": "What was Artemis II really about? Power, progress, positivity",
            "description": "In both 1968 and 2026, a mission to the Moon offered a refreshing blast of positivity for a conflict-ridden world. So what's different now — and what do we really gain from this new moonshot, five decades after the first?",
            "content": "On Christmas Eve in 1968, Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders took a photo that changed humanity's perception of the world.\nThe image known as \"Earthrise\" showed our home planet as a half-illuminated sphere, slowly lifting itself above the Moon's cold ... [6838 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-04-12/nasa-artemis-ii-earthrise-geopolitics-wonder/106548512",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/856c8697c569f4a5a87fecfbc5f16698?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T18:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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