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": 349180,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8350035830bab1b4414b77efba2586f2",
            "title": "Wheat's Roots: How They Absorb Clay Minerals",
            "description": "Clay minerals play vital roles in terrestrial ecosystems, from retaining soil nutrients to regulating plant growth. Among them, montmorillonite is",
            "content": "Clay minerals play vital roles in terrestrial ecosystems, from retaining soil nutrients to regulating plant growth. Among them, montmorillonite is especially significant due to its high ion exchange capacity and wide availability in agricultural soil... [3330 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/wheats-roots-how-they-absorb-clay-minerals-1672069/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1526470608268-f674ce90ebd4%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1267%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T16:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "245b0c5b735fef2a9807c8e44982d880",
            "title": "Ultra-Black Coating May Aid Exoplanet Life Hunt",
            "description": "A recently developed ultra-black coating not only efficiently absorbs light, but is also extremely thin and durable, enabling its potential use on",
            "content": "A recently developed ultra-black coating not only efficiently absorbs light, but is also extremely thin and durable, enabling its potential use on starshades that could someday support the imaging of exoplanets and potentially facilitate the detectio... [6164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/ultra-black-coating-may-aid-exoplanet-life-hunt-1672011/",
            "image": "https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/2026/starshade.jpg?w=496&h=427&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T15:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "96ad15d33addcd18cdb5bb2eb3c3a288",
            "title": "PCOS is now called PMOS. The renaming process lasted a decade",
            "description": "After hearing from 22,000 people over 11 years, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).",
            "content": "PCOS is dead. Long live PMOS.\nRevealed Tuesday, the one-letter change in nomenclature for a common metabolic condition in women may seem unremarkable, but it follows more than a decade of vigorous debate over the need for a name that more precisely a... [7264 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/12/pcos-now-called-pmos-polyendocrine-metabolic-ovarian-syndrome/",
            "image": "https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AdobeStock_456563640-1024x576.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T14:47:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e7edc451da369c52fbca1e6129c86ba9",
                "name": "statnews.com",
                "url": "https://www.statnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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