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Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 241566,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c68e8c4d32d080e7808d565f52532156",
            "title": "Ukraine war briefing: defeating Russia an ‘illusion’, says Putin, as he welcomes Trump deal",
            "description": "Russia’s president says US-led plan ‘could form the basis of a final peace settlement’, bolstering concerns in Europe about one-sided nature of US-brokered deal. What we know on day 1,368",
            "content": "Vladimir Putin says Ukraine is being unrealistic if it does not accept the US plan to end the war, declaring: “Ukraine is against it. Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under illusions and dream of inflicting a strategic defeat on ... [3735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/ukraine-war-briefing-putin-trump-deal-reaction",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/42b712a512884be8758de851b910349b50befa5b/17_0_3104_2484/master/3104.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=c7778edb56cacf80585033cee6865b6b",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T04:11:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "364157543b73787ef524864ff46aa30e",
            "title": "China's hit dating show If You Are the One recruits talent in Australia and faces new challenges",
            "description": "Long-running global hit If You Are the One returns to Australia to recruit contestants from a younger generation, many who do not prioritise marriage. Here is why the show is still relevant.",
            "content": "When Dong Yan stepped onto the set of China's hit dating show If You Are the One in 2012, he declared — to a national audience — that he had come for one person only.\nThat person was Wu Zhengzhen, known to viewers as \"the girl who cries the most\".\nFr... [7500 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/china-dating-show-if-you-are-the-one-recruits-in-australia/106021564",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/130a84f444f4f4b9ccfe6f0e4d1862c0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2484&cropW=4416&xPos=0&yPos=230&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T04:10:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b0aeb271dd509d0cfb6c520eea5fb246",
            "title": "Man who allegedly stole car with sleeping toddler inside before leaving him in a box charged",
            "description": "Detectives have charged a man who allegedly stole a car with a sleeping toddler inside in Victoria's north...",
            "content": "D etectives have charged a man who allegedly stole a car with a sleeping toddler inside in Victoria's north last week.\nIt is alleged that the man stole the vehicle from a supermarket car park on Maude Street in Shepparton just before 2pm on November ... [1083 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-charged-following-shepparton-car-theft/f127c6d0-a902-48db-8c3b-a63b34b0010b",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/hTC0w1VBnUrOcs-BaVmIRarSwDw=/29x119:1260x812/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fbeca7621-e821-484b-873a-a60090662da2",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T03:34:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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