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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": 311816,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6f7353a7ff352cd660feae1a66b405a8",
            "title": "New Insight into Cell Mutation Defense Process",
            "description": "Some genetic mutations that are expected to completely stop a gene from working surprisingly cause only mild or even no symptoms. Researchers in",
            "content": "Some genetic mutations that are expected to completely stop a gene from working surprisingly cause only mild or even no symptoms. Researchers in previous studies have discovered one reason why: Cells can ramp up the activity of other genes that perfo... [3379 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/new-insight-into-cell-mutation-defense-process-1632136/",
            "image": "https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/202602/mit-whitehead-Weissman-mRNA-Fragment.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T22:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a3488a7084f7b76a19fa20bf7c42285f",
            "title": "Microsoft Exec: Next-Gen Xbox Will Run PC Games, Too",
            "description": "A tweet from Xbox's new gaming chief, Asha Sharma, suggests the company is serious about developing a next-generation console that can run games from Valve's Steam platform.",
            "content": "My Experience\nI've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in S... [904 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.pcmag.com/gaming-1/116385/microsoft-exec-next-gen-xbox-will-run-pc-games-too",
            "image": "https://sm.pcmag.com/t/pcmag_au/news/m/microsoft-/microsoft-exec-next-gen-xbox-will-run-pc-games-too_zaw1.1200.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T21:38:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1140ebf23013e05d5854a27aeef4d7d3",
                "name": "PCMag Australia",
                "url": "https://au.pcmag.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5fe8f756920623fe6a637f3c5c8c4d17",
            "title": "She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool - but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it",
            "description": "Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm",
            "content": "One of the people involved in the development of the federal government’s controversial aged care assistance tool says she’s now too scared to use it, saying she never wanted needs to be determined by algorithm.\nAs fellow advocates warned people’s ca... [4649 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/australia-aged-care-assessment-tool-designer-scared-use",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/907b3eff94f8724e8b71f9b70cb7fbe69e5fbe1b/0_0_1536_1229/master/1536.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=2bee721419f5bbc9a5ead6b3e066b855",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T21:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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