Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON 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": 86283,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "CFMEU delegates sacked, investigation launched into alleged Metro Tunnel wage scam",
            "description": "Two CFMEU delegates have been sacked amid allegations a labour hire company paid wages for shifts that were never worked in a scam that could potentially have cost millions of dollars.",
            "content": "An urgent investigation has been launched into allegations a labour-hire company has been ripping off the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project by charging for fake work shifts.\nTwo CFMEU delegates have been sacked in relation to the allegations, which the ... [2858 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/vic-metro-tunnel-ghost-shifts/105022448",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a820b427e6482ae2bf793b5182848279?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=670&cropW=1191&xPos=0&yPos=124&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-07T01:30:28Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "EU leaders back new defence spending plans during emergency summit on Ukraine",
            "description": "After holding emergency talks in Brussels, European leaders agreed on a massive increase to defence spending, but Hungary refused to sign a statement of support for Ukraine.",
            "content": "European leaders have backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world up-ended by President Donald Trump's reversal of US policies.\nThe European Union's defence summit in Brussels took place days after President Trum... [5208 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/eu-summit-on-ukraine/105021584",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/2e08c9795fd05ca0b804e1f236081886?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-07T00:36:51Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket explodes near Florida",
            "description": "“Unfortunately this happened last time too, so we’ve got some practice now,” SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said on the live stream.",
            "content": "Elon Musk’s SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket in space on Friday (AEDT), dooming a satellite deployment demonstration in the company’s second consecutive Starship failure this year.\nSeveral videos on social media showed debris streaking th... [624 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/spacex-starship-explodes-debris-streaks-through-the-florida-skies-20250307-p5lhr5.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_3.4088397286256202%2C$multiply_0.5%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/5bf3cce22af893e44c36badcd3bd0cb441188b74",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-07T00:25:44Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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