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": 351344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "370ddbce7b139ed1dfec48af068e559d",
            "title": "Dua Lipa sues Samsung for using her face to sell TVs",
            "description": "The lawsuit alleges Samsung featured a copyrighted image of the pop star on the front of cardboard boxes containing televisions for sale.",
            "content": "In short:\nDua Lipa has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, accusing the tech giant of using her image without permission to sell TVs.\nThe lawsuit alleges the use of the image enabled company to benefit from what seemed like her endorsement o... [1906 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/dua-lipa-sues-samsung-for-using-her-face-to-sell-tvs/106667428",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4cc717b8796d6d7d40e64d2f84b292e2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2713&cropW=4823&xPos=0&yPos=252&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T08:01:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "de6d75aa8396c0c0e6f236f4d015646c",
            "title": "Boy rescued after being trapped under train at North Melbourne Railway Station",
            "description": "The ABC understands a boy, believed to be 11 or 12 years old, was hit and trapped under a carriage for some time.",
            "content": "A boy is in critical condition in hospital after he was trapped under a train in Melbourne this afternoon.\nFirefighters and paramedics were called to North Melbourne Railway Station about 4pm.\nThe ABC was told a boy, believed to be 11 or 12, had been... [1466 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/north-melbourne-railway-station-boy-rescued-from-under-train/106667288",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c547df2fb5d81ce65357cedebe5d8f07?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T07:31:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8ce1314eec39588e71850193bf08477d",
            "title": "Body of alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram believed to have been found near Lake Cargelligo",
            "description": "A body has been found near Lake Cargelligo, where three people were shot and killed in January this year, sparking a massive manhunt.",
            "content": "NSW Police believe a body found in the state's Central West is that of alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram.\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names and images of Indigenous people who have died use... [3381 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/lake-cargelligo-body-found-julian-ingram/106296228",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b09e576cf61dfb0190094804ddf208fd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=288&cropW=512&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T07:28:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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