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": 357256,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3d996f708ef7a0ac5a1f78fd8968de95",
            "title": "Southampton expelled from Premier League playoffs for spying on rivals",
            "description": "Southampton loses its chance to gain promotion to the Premier League after being caught spying on Middlesbrough and two other rivals.",
            "content": "Southampton has been expelled from the Championship playoffs after admitting to repeatedly spying on opponents.\nThe English Football League reinstated Middlesbrough to play in the Wembley final — the richest game in soccer — against Hull City on Sund... [2541 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/football-southampton-expelled-premier-league-playoffs-spying/106699630",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b0cf9671b06f70ce526677333fad148f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2635&cropW=4685&xPos=0&yPos=244&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T21:33:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f4678c71e70008cbb56e45ebfda76e44",
            "title": "‘Get-out-of-jail-free card’: Trump lawsuit deal bars tax probes against him or his family - forever",
            "description": "Trump could have been liable for a tax bill exceeding $US100 million, plus interest and potential penalties, if he lost an IRS audit.",
            "content": "May 20, 2026 — 7:07am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWashington: An unprecedented settlement between President Donald Trump and the US government – which he runs – precludes the tax... [5345 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/get-out-of-jail-free-card-trump-lawsuit-deal-bars-tax-probes-against-him-or-his-family-forever-20260520-p5zyus.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3262%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_105%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/abf841d4a07ce803e83d4d82e5875ed6460c944e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T21:07:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dfd8063c931c3d64a05870dd8f7136a1",
            "title": "Phone boast got Australia's youngest murderer re-arrested",
            "description": "A boast by Australia's youngest convicted murderer that police would never find what was on his phone led t...",
            "content": "A boast by Australia's youngest convicted murderer that police would never find what was on his phone led to his re-arrest for downloading sexually violent images and child abuse material.\nThe man, known for legal reasons as SLD, spent almost two-thi... [3270 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/phone-brag-got-youngest-australian-murderer-rearrested/20acc571-81b6-43e1-812e-ecd31c0e2373",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/5weSaZY_0Ox0As3b3E78MZxjCCc=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fc5729d98-248e-4c8f-946e-6dc2c1f811a0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T21:05:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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