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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": 260068,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "120d32ce0b620c20d0360b5c7d00e722",
            "title": "Scientists boost mitochondria to burn more calories",
            "description": "Researchers have developed experimental drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and burn more calories. The findings could open the door to new treatments for obesity and improve metabolic health.",
            "content": "Researchers have developed experimental drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and burn more calories. The findings could open the door to new treatments for obesity and improve metabolic health.\nObesity is a globa... [3273 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-boost-mitochondria-calories.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2025/mitochondria.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T14:59:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0fccdb8b84b3a9b41d8e2585b1694813",
            "title": "AI Overrates Human Intelligence, HSE Economists Say",
            "description": "Scientists at HSE University have found that current AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, tend to overestimate the rationality of their human",
            "content": "Scientists at HSE University have found that current AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, tend to overestimate the rationality of their human opponents—whether first-year undergraduate students or experienced scientists—in strategic thinking game... [4356 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/ai-overrates-human-intelligence-hse-economists-1595712/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1587955415524-bb264e518428%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T14:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "64e74175013c5e059816621ae0498780",
            "title": "US sanctions five Europeans involved in regulating tech companies",
            "description": "Leaders in Germany, France, Spain and the European Union slam the move as \"intimidation and coercion\".",
            "content": "The European Union and some member states have slammed US sanctions imposed on five European figures involved in regulating tech companies, including former European commissioner Thierry Breton.\nLeaders in France, Germany and Spain are among those to... [2978 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/european-countries-slam-us-visa-bans/106178152",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/84ebfd7cf0fb573eff57425d179c333d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1696&cropW=3015&xPos=0&yPos=1570&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T14:11:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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