
Australia News API
Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia News APIAPI 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": 6890972, "articles": [ { "id": "f5ed6af6c548b4f4ddce68ad96c1a24c", "title": "New insights into tick immune response could help prevent deadly virus transmission", "description": "Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a severe haemorrhagic fever virus transmitted by tick to animal and humans. Discovered in 2009, the virus is found in South-East Asian countries and has a fatality rate of up to 40%.", "content": "Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a severe haemorrhagic fever virus transmitted by tick to animal and humans. Discovered in 2009, the virus is found in South-East Asian countries and has a fatality rate of up to 40%. By stu... [1301 chars]", "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250722/New-insights-into-tick-immune-response-could-help-prevent-deadly-virus-transmission.aspx", "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Virology-620x480.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T12:22:00Z", "source": { "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946", "name": "News-Medical", "url": "https://www.news-medical.net" } }, { "id": "215ab3f595fb194387e2db786113a5e1", "title": "NASA Trials New Heat Fuel for Deep Space Missions", "description": "NASA Glenn Research Center's Thermal Energy Conversion Branch team and the University of Leicester's Space Nuclear Power team pose for a photo at the", "content": "NASA Glenn Research Center's Thermal Energy Conversion Branch team and the University of Leicester's Space Nuclear Power team pose for a photo at the center in Cleveland following a successful test in January 2025. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis\nTo explore t... [3984 chars]", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nasa-trials-new-heat-fuel-for-deep-space-1500910/", "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/stirling-featured-still-image.jpg?w=2048", "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T12:18:00Z", "source": { "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675", "name": "Mirage News", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com" } }, { "id": "98df69a2bb00253a5731feb17991d560", "title": "Non-Neural Brain Cells Crucial in Vision Processing", "description": "Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to", "content": "Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory sho... [5916 chars]", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/non-neural-brain-cells-crucial-in-vision-1500900/", "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1631557676757-fcc7b1160be8%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1191%26amp%3Bq%3D80", "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T12:12:00Z", "source": { "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675", "name": "Mirage News", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com" } } ] }