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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 APIAPI 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": 255898,
"articles": [
{
"id": "4a3c60e02f1958a40e5eeba728a2775a",
"title": "Australia’s social media ban launched with barely a hitch - but the real test is still to come",
"description": "The policy to cut off social media access for more than 2 million under-16s remains popular with Australians, while other countries look to follow suit",
"content": "On the lawns of the prime minister’s Kirribilli residence in Sydney, overlooking the harbour, Anthony Albanese said he had never been prouder.\n“This is a day in which my pride to be prime minister of Australia has never been greater. This is world-le... [5170 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/australia-teen-social-media-ban-launch-test-to-come",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/690910584510ea75f2b2ac3806582cb4c83d65b3/0_0_6572_5257/master/6572.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=499648dff2118f846c3f36e9bfc2126f",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-12T12:01:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "34bb80f21a56ea413ffbc904b2b399bb",
"title": "New AI safety cameras capture 'beyond mind-boggling' driver behaviour",
"description": "Images of drivers eating cereal, painting their nails and using nail clippers were just some of 31,000 offe...",
"content": "Western Australia's new AI safety cameras have fined more than 31,000 distracted, speeding and unrestrained drivers in their first four weeks of operation.\nSix camera trailers dotted across the state, as well as three fixed cameras on the Kwinana Fre... [1867 chars]",
"url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-ai-safety-cameras-captures-shocking-risks-drivers-are-taking-on-the-road/fe0f893c-d7ed-44ea-84cb-3a1bf7ac9672",
"image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/1PkDbneX1FQcw3U0rROkry8K1zU=/243x137:1676x942/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F82ad7f2d-9b28-4e3d-aed6-b77985befc49",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-12T11:21:04Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
"name": "9News.com.au",
"url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "47cf55f810d41349e77a2a2323137bb2",
"title": "Horse owners urged to vaccinate animals after bat tests positive to Hendra virus in the NT",
"description": "Horse owners in the Northern Territory are being encouraged to vaccinate their animals after a bat tested positive for Hendra virus, in the territory's first confirmed case.",
"content": "In short:\nHendra virus has been confirmed in the Northern Territory for the first time.\nThe NT government says a bat tested positive for the virus, after it was sent to government authorities by a Darwin resident.\nWhat's next?\nHorse owners are being ... [2139 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-12/hendra-virus-found-in-the-northern-territory-darwin-bat/106135238",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e1b0ca87a711672d76e5cb3c8660798c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=969&cropW=1723&xPos=43&yPos=178&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-12T09:51:37Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
}
]
}