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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": 292456,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8eb2e990b5144a0ea4e54704a3fd150",
            "title": "Residents in hot, humid regions more likely to have kidney failure",
            "description": "Australians living in consistently hot and humid northern regions are at greater risk of kidney failure than their compatriots in more temperate and less remote locations, researchers have found. University of Queensland researchers investigated the influence of climate zones and geographic disparities on the incidence of patients needing kidney transplants or dialysis. Higher incidences were",
            "content": "Australians living in consistently hot and humid northern regions are at greater risk of kidney failure than their compatriots in more temperate and less remote locations, researchers have found.\nUniversity of Queensland researchers investigated the ... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://anmj.org.au/residents-in-hot-humid-regions-more-likely-to-have-kidney-failure/",
            "image": "https://anmj.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ANMJ-hot-humid-climate.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T03:00:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "406cbc0e676bf9775308e428e78029b4",
                "name": "ANMJ",
                "url": "https://anmj.org.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cfc69d79e1989b63ee30807dc717ec65",
            "title": "Police officer Carl Jones faces court accused of raping woman while off",
            "description": "Carl Jones, 33, was working in Victoria Police's western region when he allegedly raped a woman in 2024.",
            "content": "A senior constable charged with rape while off-duty will fight three sex offences at a contested hearing.\nCarl Jones, 33, was working in Victoria Police's western region when he allegedly raped a woman in 2024.\nHe was off-duty at the time of the alle... [1240 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/carl-jones-court-updates-police-officer-faces-court-over-offduty-rape-claims-in-melbourne/5950ae91-2316-48a1-bc53-1048c9e5e454",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/4v9OGzUucfS346bsa7FZLsr5tTY=/174x395:2770x1856/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F5cbf8919-2dd8-4cba-be11-e97d9ff8b74b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T02:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b0b867b98aa2167aa2d43641370238c7",
            "title": "Al Madina Dawah Centre dealt $3000 fine by Canterbury-Bankstown Council",
            "description": "A controversial Bankstown prayer centre which has come under increasing scrutiny following the Bondi terror attack has been fined by a local council after allegedly ignoring shutdown orders.",
            "content": "The Al Madina Dawah Centre was fined $3000 by the Canterbury-Bankstown council after the council claimed it continued to operate illegally, despite a direction to “cease use” last month.\nIn December, the centre was ordered to shut down after the coun... [2652 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/al-madina-dawah-centre-fined-3000-by-canterburybankstown-council/news-story/26ef8d4beffb79e5007c72c250bf0d39",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/85bff0ae1419b7e9580d2515e8b0ffaa",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T02:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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