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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": 333250,
"articles": [
{
"id": "cb5f50882e1fecdd85426e9747d2efd9",
"title": "Alternative housing options vital to tackle worsening affordability",
"description": "Industry experts warn housing affordability will worsen dramatically unless Australia embraces revolutionary alternative home options.",
"content": "Housing affordability and accessibility is going to worsen and the only way to improve it is to change the way homes are built, according to industry experts.\nRising material costs, labour shortages, supply chain disruptions and increasing demand for... [3402 chars]",
"url": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/alternative-housing-options-vital-to-tackle-worsening-affordability/",
"image": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/capi_0bb431908f29b77f1a619ea6b20628ba_c22b3251b2330934615fdb40e94c0ae2.jpeg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-07T01:38:57Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "e77f92e60e3c97e9eee1139d4d6d38e5",
"name": "realestate.com.au",
"url": "https://www.realestate.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "409a066f9657e9391e65088788a665bf",
"title": "Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over multiple war crimes",
"description": "Roberts-Smith, 47, was arrested at Sydney Airport after arriving on a flight from Brisbane on Tuesday morning. Australian Federal Police officers were seen waiting at the arrivals gate for QF515 when it arrived just after 11am.",
"content": "Updated April 7, 2026 — 11:32am,first published 11:19am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nBen... [7772 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-arrested-over-multiple-war-crimes-20260406-p5zlp6.html",
"image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.0342%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/3cc010676db9e6a8d007c9d0cb45bb6572c612ea98cdecf18cbacc208a351f82",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-07T01:32:58Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
"name": "The Age",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "7a4886d5e7eff4a10b8800e8a2a80441",
"title": "What is ‘muscle memory’ and can I improve mine?",
"description": "Whenever you ride a bike or knit a sweater, you’re using your procedural memory. Two cognitive scientists explain what it is and how it works.",
"content": "Whether it’s riding a bike or knitting a sweater, there are some tasks you do without thinking.\nThese are commonly associated with “muscle memory”, the idea your body can remember how to perform complex tasks and, over time, learn to do them automati... [5028 chars]",
"url": "https://theconversation.com/what-is-muscle-memory-and-can-i-improve-mine-277471",
"image": "https://images.theconversation.com/files/727528/original/file-20260401-57-ko6v0x.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C149%2C2121%2C1060&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-07T01:31:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "344b3e5c4a3152c0cbebe5418ae064b7",
"name": "The Conversation",
"url": "https://theconversation.com"
}
}
]
}