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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": 359832,
"articles": [
{
"id": "db3f02cb8ed7cfa7bf12a01df6704c72",
"title": "Australia’s largest recorded diphtheria outbreak is spreading through remote Indigenous communities",
"description": "By the time a national vaccine blitz was announced this week, unlinked cases had already been reported in four states. Why did it take so long for governments to act?",
"content": "The first time the Northern Territory GP and public health medical officer Dr John Boffa learned that the highly contagious bacterial infection diphtheria was spreading in his community was in late March – several months after the outbreak first bega... [7625 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/23/australia-diphtheria-outbreak-remote-indigenous-communities-ntwnfb",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/32c2fa95d585da707205f84c6fe8128be3eb53c4/1872_1193_2966_2373/master/2966.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=a3cb7aa1c7855900ff6a593afca70fda",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-23T00:01:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "0ce29a827d61db13e13aef60208008e0",
"title": "Alex Albon hits groundhog during Canadian Grand Prix F1 practice session",
"description": "A groundhog is killed and an F1 car heavily damaged after a collision during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix.",
"content": "Kimi Antonelli led George Russell to a Mercedes one-two in a practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix that was interrupted after Alex Albon's Williams hit a groundhog.\nWarning: The vision below may be upsetting to some readers.\nAlbon crashed heavi... [1829 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/f1-canadian-grand-prix-alex-albon-hits-groundhog/106714132",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e51ab885cd12ba15907b7d54b6790004?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=892&cropW=1586&xPos=75&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-22T23:28:13Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "f418f1bc7e0bf64696b8edb7458faa74",
"title": "Scientists solve the 30-year mystery of 'clockwork' earthquakes",
"description": "Scientists found water-rich fault barriers that repeatedly stop magnitude 6 earthquakes on the Gofar transform fault.",
"content": "Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for decades. Researchers now think strange, water-soaked barrier zones inside the fault act like natural brakes, stopping ruptures in p... [8829 chars]",
"url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-solve-the-30-year-mystery-of-clockwork-earthquakes/",
"image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/05/clockwork-main.png?auto=webp",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-22T23:07:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
"name": "The Brighter Side of News",
"url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
}
}
]
}