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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 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": 259686,
"articles": [
{
"id": "8414312d7794f7be01cbe5747588f58a",
"title": "Former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn in induced coma",
"description": "Fifty-four-year-old admitted to hospital on Boxing Day with meningitis, according to reports",
"content": "The former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis.\nThe 54-year-old “is in for the fight of his life”, according to the former AFL player Brad Hardie, w... [949 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/31/former-australian-test-cricketer-damien-martyn-in-induced-coma",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8991a8bfb54fe36234e1e26d4391bd917508cb89/0_100_1312_1049/master/1312.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=705066e60548b10d42b34b0d5258bbbe",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-30T23:06:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "1f62689ecece5557081e8fcfa1fd9896",
"title": "Woman charged after more than 30 gunshots fired at Sydney home",
"description": "Four young children were inside the home when a carload of assailants opened fire. It is the second time the house has been targeted.",
"content": "A 20-year-old woman has been charged over her alleged role in a brazen drive-by shooting in which more than 30 rounds were fired at a western Sydney home, forcing its occupants, including several young children, to duck for cover as a barrage of bull... [1605 chars]",
"url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/woman-charged-after-more-than-30-gunshots-fired-at-sydney-home-20251231-p5nqto.html",
"image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2269179437451652%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_195/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/8ce5013d613a6455048d5180580fecfd22e298450925873a1d6c051215fb5c29",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-30T22:46:24Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
"name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
"url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "ce1af482ebd6c6b880eb979a75966489",
"title": "Broken Hill gardeners chop down trees in battle with Queensland fruit fly",
"description": "There was no fruit fly to be found in Broken Hill 20 years ago, but now gardeners are facing an uphill battle trying to rid themselves of the pest.",
"content": "When Pat and Ann Hoare moved into their home on the north side of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales, there was almost no garden to speak of.\nOver three decades, they planted about 30 trees, bushes and vines, growing everything from figs, tomato... [2759 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-31/fruit-fly-war-in-broken-hill/106179748",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4967c62c26a9c17859c8ce84a4a0a2ef?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-30T22:00:25Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
}
]
}