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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": 89144,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Socceroos v China scores, fixtures, teams, results, how to watch",
            "description": "Australia’s direct qualification hopes for next year’s World Cup will now come down to June’s clashes with Japan and Saudi Arabia after an important victory in Hangzhou on Tuesday night.",
            "content": "And there it is!\nTwo wins in a row for Australia and the first clean sheet of the Tony Popovic era.\nThe Socceroos, with this 2-0 win, have taken a big step towards automatic qualification for the 2026 World Cup, thanks to those first-half goals from ... [1214 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/world-cup-qualifiers-2025-live-socceroos-take-on-china-in-front-of-huge-crowd-in-hangzhou-20250324-p5llxz.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5116%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_425%2C$y_42/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_theage_live_no_age_social_wm/8f929674f578e8c72fe8add84edb584eb9da4cec0e67fa04097928828454d951",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-25T12:58:41Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Public-Private Research Guides New Fusion Gas Setup",
            "description": "When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device. Researchers at",
            "content": "When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device. Researchers at Commonwealth Fusion Systems believe the best bet is a massive gas injection: essentially, a well-timed, rapid bl... [6835 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/public-private-research-guides-new-fusion-gas-1432236/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1579154392128-bf8c7ebee541%3Fixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D750%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-25T12:34:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Tax cuts, Australia cost of living relief as Jim Chalmers hands down fourth federal budget",
            "description": "Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his fourth federal budget, as the government prepares to call a May election.",
            "content": "Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says inflation is sustainably back into the Reserve Bank’s target band, which is why the budget has included more support for Australians.\nSpeaking on the ABC, Gallagher said the inflation story was a positive one in t... [892 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-budget-2025-live-updates-energy-price-relief-cost-of-living-on-agenda-as-treasurer-prepares-to-hand-down-federal-budget-20250325-p5lmd2.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.0347%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_live_no_age_social_wm/ee60a9104ce6b588ce7b25a16492e6c42b7d8212b803afe60cae02e3f5eeac89",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-25T11:07:16Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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