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": 364616,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9827c772d252398ae67c864f0d0db954",
            "title": "Transforming intent into action",
            "description": "Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH) staff, including clinicians and lived/living experience workers, gathered at the Victorian Pride Centre to launch the new Cultural Safety Equity and Access (CS",
            "content": "Grounded in cultural humility and developed in direct response to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, the Strategic Direction sets out a roadmap for embedding culturally responsive practices across leadersh... [2525 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au/news/transforming-intent-into-action",
            "image": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au/images/general/News/_AMAH_Strategy_Launch_13_May_2026_018_web.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T01:09:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a0b1e21c80d89d96c930f65c3db62d54",
                "name": "Bayside Health (Alfred)",
                "url": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b1641891c47db759569702f11682d64f",
            "title": "Borrowers warned of a ‘world of pain’ with more interest rate hikes predicted",
            "description": "The RBA has been warned multiple times about its next rates call but despite this, it looks as though they will start a nationwide panic today.",
            "content": "Borrowers are in for a world of pain today and for the rest of the year, if economists’ rate hike predictions prove true.\nTomasz Wozniak from the University of Melbourne is confident the official cash rate will be lifted today, which would see a new ... [2826 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/borrowers-warned-of-a-world-of-pain-with-more-interest-rate-hikes-predicted/",
            "image": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/capi_26acdfbd42def40e6518eef6363ccb5d_b05f4245b90fe9f7d248b77fe7516c6a.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T01:06:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e77f92e60e3c97e9eee1139d4d6d38e5",
                "name": "realestate.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.realestate.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2b7b85cca5b78cf662019634f6e5ba89",
            "title": "Pensioner veers into riders causing terrifying crash at Germany's LVV Saarland Trofeo",
            "description": "An elderly woman on a mobility scooter has caused a frightening crash during a cycling race in Germany after riding into the path of the competitors.",
            "content": "In short:\nA pensioner on a mobility scooter has caused a major crash at Germany's LVV Saarland Trofeo.\nThe woman collided with 17-year-old rider Paul Vriesman, who miraculously avoided a serious injury despite being flipped upside down as a result of... [1247 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/cycling-pensioner-causes-crash-lvv-saarland-trofeo/106802488",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/415cff12fdf947d30a476616a10ddde8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=179&cropW=318&xPos=0&yPos=42&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T00:41:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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