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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": 335314,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "687a1d170f0eaabf861ed0ea4fb7a1d7",
            "title": "NASA Laser Boosts GPS Satellite Accuracy",
            "description": "3 min read\nA NASA laser reflecting technology that will aid Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy is now operational as of March 9.The",
            "content": "A NASA laser reflecting technology that will aid Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy is now operational as of March 9.\nThe instrument, known as a laser retroreflector array, or LRA, launched aboard GPS III SV-09, the ninth of U.S. Space Force's ... [1625 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nasa-laser-boosts-gps-satellite-accuracy-1640379/",
            "image": "https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/esd/articles/2026/260128-X-X0813-1001.png?w=616&h=412&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T15:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24a8ab8ff981d605d47cfd4c9f1a3341",
            "title": "I Got Around SXSW in Tesla Robotaxis: The Rides Were Better Than the Buggy, Juvenile App",
            "description": "My rides, with human “safety operators” in the front passenger seat, were mostly uneventful, but concerns about crashes and the CEO's maturity persist.",
            "content": "AUSTIN—If Tesla Robotaxis were halfway as ubiquitous as Elon Musk’s posts about the self-driving possibilities of his company’s vehicles, this city would be crawling with these cars.\nThe reality of booking Robotaxi rides during SXSW here was mixed: T... [7154 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.pcmag.com/sxsw-1/116622/i-got-around-sxsw-in-tesla-robotaxis-the-rides-were-better-than-the-buggy-juvenile-app",
            "image": "https://sm.pcmag.com/t/pcmag_au/news/i/i-got-arou/i-got-around-sxsw-in-tesla-robotaxis-the-rides-were-better-t_bncf.1200.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T14:31:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1140ebf23013e05d5854a27aeef4d7d3",
                "name": "PCMag Australia",
                "url": "https://au.pcmag.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5b0835b371e1e8e613c2c3326bdb2f71",
            "title": "Clot buster may stop promising stroke medicine from working properly",
            "description": "A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring",
            "content": "A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside existing standard care.\nAccording to The University o... [4083 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/clot-buster-may-stop-promising-stroke-medicine-from-working-properly/",
            "image": "https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1369/f1ba4d44-de0f-4778-afec-e3010e6f7d05/500_stroke.jpg?10000",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T14:28:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fcc9357644c6fcea43a610731824930",
                "name": "The National Tribune",
                "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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