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": 338112,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ee0688cbda94545c81fd996ba82dab1",
            "title": "Four simple steps to managing weeds",
            "description": "They don’t just pop up overnight… but somehow, they take over before you know it. The 4 Simple Steps process can help by breaking down the work into manageable, bite-sized blocks.",
            "content": "They don’t just pop up overnight… but somehow, they take over before you know it. The 4 Simple Steps process can help by breaking down the work into manageable, bite-sized blocks.\nSunshine Coast Council’s invasive weeds project has developed easy pra... [4441 chars]",
            "url": "https://oursc.com.au/environment/four-simple-steps-to-managing-weeds",
            "image": "https://assets-au-scc.kc-usercontent.com/330b87ea-148b-3ecf-9857-698f2086fe8d/ba92d4fe-d01f-4e87-bbc1-7f204129d655/drone.jpg?w=800&h=600&fit=cover&fm=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d998d215601de4a15dedc978aa78b4aa",
                "name": "OurSC",
                "url": "https://oursc.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ea8ebf8c6b254cc0727cabb8431f263",
            "title": "Mouse plague fears deepen as chemical regulator rejects CSIRO bait research",
            "description": "Farmers are pushing for stronger bait approval as mice numbers soar out of control in Western Australia, but stronger poisons are being rejected by the national chemical regulator.",
            "content": "Farmers battling the worst mouse plague they have ever seen on farms across Western Australia say a solution is being stalled by red tape.\nAn estimated 8,000 mice live in every hectare of WA's northern grain belt, and swarms of them are visible in pa... [3072 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/mouse-bait-debate-pits-csiro-bait-research-against-authority/106594084",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/77d88b590f32e75150f441b11ccd9745?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=576&cropW=1023&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T00:17:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f15da8c53068864734aa311238ba167c",
            "title": "Sensing Home: Dave Rastovich on Sailing, Surf Exploration and Life Beyond the Screen",
            "description": "Rasta sails part of Australia’s East Coast in search of waves, connection and a deeper understanding of home.",
            "content": "Dave Rastovich reckons we’ve started outsourcing something essential. Not just directions or forecasts, but instinct itself.\n“There’s a big conversation to be had about whether we have handed our skills over to the convenience of technology,” he said... [4547 chars]",
            "url": "https://tracksmag.com.au/sensing-home-dave-rastovich-on-sailing-surf-exploration-and-life-beyond-the-screen",
            "image": "https://tracksmag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dave_Indonesia-363.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T00:15:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a502f1f40e47332711d078c9e710b5f1",
                "name": "Tracks Magazine",
                "url": "https://tracksmag.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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