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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": 7896900,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f902ea2ce1e4d34eb913639e5a55b693",
            "title": "Shopback Has 25% Cashback At Sony For One Day Only",
            "description": "Shopback Has 25% Cashback At Sony For One Day Only",
            "content": "Shopback has announced that it will have a whopping 25% cashback (capped at $250) on Thursday, October 16th lasting from 12:00pm until 8:00pm AEDT.\nThis includes majority of the store with everything included except PlayStation consoles, certain TV S... [678 chars]",
            "url": "https://press-start.com.au/news/tech-news/2025/10/15/shopback-has-25-cashback-at-sony-for-one-day-only/",
            "image": "https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Shopback-INZONEEEE.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T05:37:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "56bd6ae5d03a9537b6eb535f7c83777b",
                "name": "Press Start Australia",
                "url": "https://press-start.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "59395e4af9e654b8bd736e3820ec22df",
            "title": "No More Elbow Grease (Just Bluetooth and Dust",
            "description": "I, For One, Welcome Our Robot Vacuum Overlords.",
            "content": "Keeping a house clean in 2025 feels like a full-time job… with overtime. With all the modern gadgets at our disposal, you’d think our homes would sparkle like an influencer’s Instagram reel. There are more gadgets than in a Bond movie, and somehow, d... [1386 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.5mu.com.au/trending/stories/no-more-elbow-grease-just-bluetooth-and-dust-slippers/",
            "image": "https://www.5mu.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2025/10/20251015-No-More-Elbow-Grease-feature.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T05:30:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1367b5fc6610d3f3a5c3ce5fc9b133c7",
                "name": "5MU",
                "url": "https://www.5mu.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "41d452fbb2472d4ead7c167907f76fcf",
            "title": "Pioneering personalized medicine by deciphering depression's complex biological web",
            "description": "In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Najaf Amin unveils transformative insights that fundamentally reshape international understanding of depression genetics.",
            "content": "In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Najaf Amin unveils transformative insights that fundamentally reshape international understanding of depression genetics. The Oxford University Associate Professor, ra... [7028 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251015/Pioneering-personalized-medicine-by-deciphering-depressions-complex-biological-web.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/depression-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T04:55:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net",
                "country": "au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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