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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": 343546,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2091285413f6623ff1ac820654c510b8",
            "title": "Fuel crisis impacts tourists visiting Pink Roadhouse, as welfare agencies feel petrol price pinch",
            "description": "Just two tourists have stopped at the iconic Pink Roadhouse during the Easter weekend, as travellers reconsidered their Easter weekend plans due to rising fuel costs.",
            "content": "Only two tourists visited the iconic Pink Roadhouse at Oodnadatta in South Australia's far north during the four-day Easter break, as welfare organisations warn high fuel prices are also impacting the delivery of services.\nRoadhouse owner Joe Calvert... [3925 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-06/fuel-impacts-pink-roadhouse-tourists-and-welfare-agencies/106534990",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0ede874dd9635f12a139700932dc2e93?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T07:19:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9d1558525fd6fd4d65c8fb98d84bd51e",
            "title": "Australia loses access to world’s most powerful telescopes",
            "description": "Australia’s ability to contribute to the exploration of space has been dealt a hammer blow.",
            "content": "You have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nAs humanity returns to the moon, Australia’s ability to contribute to the new space race has been dealt a hammer blow after the government cut astrono... [6554 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.watoday.com.au/national/as-space-race-takes-off-australia-has-lost-our-best-eyes-to-the-universe-20260406-p5zljb.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/be4767fa811be1effb3b55e5389742771654beff",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T06:59:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f84de5a9871fd7a3fc44d14afefd2a35",
                "name": "WAtoday",
                "url": "https://www.watoday.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0ad6fa1e1c537b64a4f05df8e9f8c502",
            "title": "Australia loses access to world’s most powerful telescopes",
            "description": "Australia’s ability to contribute to the exploration of space has been dealt a hammer blow.",
            "content": "You have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nAs humanity returns to the moon, Australia’s ability to contribute to the new space race has been dealt a hammer blow after the government cut astrono... [6554 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/as-space-race-takes-off-australia-has-lost-our-best-eyes-to-the-universe-20260406-p5zljb.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/be4767fa811be1effb3b55e5389742771654beff",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T06:59:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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