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": 338302,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7169adebe104115bd865f161e7d9478b",
            "title": "Scientists identify new inflammatory mechanism to treat chronic health conditions",
            "description": "A protein long understood to drive inflammation by producing nitric oxide has a second, previously unknown role - it physically binds to another key protein inside cells to directly modulate the immune response.",
            "content": "A protein long understood to drive inflammation by producing nitric oxide has a second, previously unknown role - it physically binds to another key protein inside cells to directly modulate the immune response. The discovery, published in Nature Met... [3417 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260424/DScientists-identify-new-inflammatory-mechanism-to-treat-chronic-health-conditions.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/9/heart_disease_1_12c3ff20f43b43d898bf18f5689e0c7c-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T14:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3d26c70bd40624106475d12a53cdd518",
            "title": "US considers reviewing Falkland Islands sovereignty, suspending Spain from NATO over Iran war disapproval",
            "description": "The email suggests the US may review the UK's claim to the Falkland Islands and Spain's NATO membership as punishment over their stance on the Iran war.",
            "content": "The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands \"is unchanged\", the UK government has said, after a Pentagon email suggested the United States may review the UK's claim to the territory as punishment over its stance on the Iran war.\nSimilarly, the leaked mem... [2654 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/nato-falklands-spain/106604984",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f8a52ef4f824f83769c611924e76e1ac?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1680&cropW=2982&xPos=0&yPos=257&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T14:10:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8003a817ceedcaa3dc7cc22cce5ee337",
            "title": "Brisbane Broncos stun Bulldogs at Suncorp Stadium, Viliame Kikau injury update, highlights",
            "description": "‘Did not see this coming’: Broncos make shock statement... but it comes at a cost",
            "content": "The undermanned Brisbane Broncos were down 13 players on Friday night but it mattered little as they stunned the Bulldogs, claiming a 32-12 win at Suncorp Stadium.\nWatch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during p... [6039 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-live-updates-2026-brisbane-broncos-vs-bulldogs-score-stephen-crichton-return-from-injury-supercoach-stats/news-story/ba9cb5bc43dd01ca351733f4f49846ea",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/03ed088740deee5952375f26769c6557",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T13:26:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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