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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": 272634,
"articles": [
{
"id": "9629460a3267732cbd4cd8439cce6f03",
"title": "My cultural awakening: Losing My Religion by REM helped me escape a doomsday cult",
"description": "I had been a member of the Children of God for two decades, but was growing disillusioned with its controlling behaviour and increasingly worrying sexual practices. Then I heard Michael Stipe’s lyrics and was set on a path to freedom",
"content": "In 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a cult called the Children of God, which preached that the world was going to end in 1993. Everything I did – from where I slept each night, to who I was allowed to sle... [3863 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/10/my-cultural-awakening-losing-my-religion-by-rem-helped-me-escape-a-doomsday-cult",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/887e852677e73f00fa7d65de7138b1ed2d7c831b/21_0_4465_3572/master/4465.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=e8e1e938973845c88d51985b7d2b5ecd",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-10T07:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "48107870a8ffcfc43520040d1573d694",
"title": "Alexandra town centre saved in bittersweet victory for fire crews",
"description": "After 30 straight hours of constant firefighting, dozens of crews were forced to pull back to make a desperate last stand.",
"content": "January 10, 2026 — 5:45pm\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.\nFollow our live bushfire blog for... [2930 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bittersweet-victory-for-fireys-who-saved-alexandra-s-town-centre-but-lost-their-homes-20260110-p5nt1u.html",
"image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.6623%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/58626d8846bd94e7d60eff33cd0f6da3ce243d94",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-10T06:45:12Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
"name": "The Age",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "286837c230e490142acef3d8f6a2fee6",
"title": "‘Focus on guys we’ve got now’: Dyson’s call on Young trade as milestone is proof of what’s coming",
"description": "Aussie star pulled off a huge NBA first after a mega trade. It was proof of a new dawn",
"content": "Dyson Daniels and the Atlanta Hawks made a big statement in their first full game since the Trae Young trade went official — and the Australian star has acknowledged it’s time for the franchise to move forward.\nBendigo native Daniels couldn’t have ma... [3526 chars]",
"url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba-2026-dyson-daniels-comments-on-trae-young-trade-to-washington-wizards-first-triple-double-atlanta-hawks-vs-denver-nuggets-stats-video/news-story/1c23819d325f2e05656fdaf0d6269c08",
"image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c17c470409c172bd3b09d4eca8b48a6e",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-10T06:03:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
"name": "Fox Sports",
"url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
}
}
]
}