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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": 336952,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "60e3b69e8c777dbbaea7ee1de0ec1462",
            "title": "‘Outrageous’ history as 19yo freak sends Origin statement, Storm give update on injured superstar",
            "description": "‘Outrageous’ history as 19yo freak sends Origin statement in 50-pt Storm bloodbath",
            "content": "At this point, it is hard to put into words how good this Penrith Panthers team looks in 2026.\nSo, let’s leave it to one of the best in the business, Fox League play-by-play commentator Dan Ginnane, after a slick flick pass from Scott Sorensen helped... [5686 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-penrith-panthers-vs-melbourne-storm-round-5-live-scores-how-to-watch-teams-videos-nathan-cleary-cameron-munster/news-story/dd5fbca94bf0d83c89319f3024901e94",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/63a34273028f82404f2ca6c7048ae31c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T12:22:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2a3b518f798734dbf5c4a04e686b42e2",
            "title": "A New DNA Revelation Rewrites The History of The Neanderthals in Europe",
            "description": "An international team of researchers has found that Neanderthals suffered a major population crash that started around 75,000 years ago.",
            "content": "An international team of researchers has found that Neanderthals suffered a major population crash that started around 75,000 years ago.\nWhile they did bounce back for a while, almost all late Neanderthals in Europe were descendants of one small grou... [3785 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-dna-revelation-rewrites-the-history-of-the-neanderthals-in-europe",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/NeanderthalFire.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T12:02:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fef88246a3bbf638dc56c6074d7c4eca",
            "title": "Earthen Company Nightfall & Moonglow",
            "description": "Earthen company takes its revered full ceramic field watch and adds an aventurine dial for a sparkly, luxurious twist",
            "content": "Earthen Company explores stone dials for the first time with the Moonglow and Nightfall\nTom Austin\nEarthen unveils its latest affordable full-ceramic field watches, this time with a twist: the Nightfall and the Moonglow.\nBoth models are based on the ... [4683 chars]",
            "url": "https://timeandtidewatches.com/earthen-company-nightfall-moonglow-introducing/",
            "image": "https://timeandtidewatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/featured-image-earthen-company-moonglow-nightfall.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T11:59:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "676f19b86b53c6e53541d07d8fa7b156",
                "name": "Time+Tide Watches",
                "url": "https://timeandtidewatches.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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