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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": 339684,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "72050fbf5480e24260689ffd8e8c76de",
            "title": "Markets live: ASX to follow Wall Street higher, oil prices sink on hope of further US-Iran peace talks",
            "description": "The Australian share market is likely to rise in morning trade as global investors bet on the US-Iran war being over within months, despite fuel shortages, higher inflation and a possible economic slowdown. Follow live.",
            "content": "Although peace talks between the US and Iran went nowhere over the weekend, markets are still extremely optimistic about the prospect of the war finishing up by Christmas.\nThough a diplomatic resolution might be difficult to reach as it would need to... [5046 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/asx-markets-business-live-news/106565754",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7e897f4ce69c17cb98d234c2823bab4c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=3942&cropW=7008&xPos=0&yPos=365&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T21:52:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec38dde1825fed3a2596443a5a6a66f9",
            "title": "NASA: Young Stars Dim in X-rays Faster Than Expected",
            "description": "Trumpler 3 and NGC 2353 (Labeled).X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ/K. Getman; Optical/IR: PanSTARRS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N",
            "content": "Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. A paper describing the results publi... [4675 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nasa-young-stars-dim-in-x-rays-faster-than-1655342/",
            "image": "https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/chandra/2026/dimming_labeled.jpg?w=7968&h=3466&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T21:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a8dfccf1c737cfeae98547869fa9f984",
            "title": "5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Wednesday",
            "description": "Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) and Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: TLX) shares will be on watch on the ASX 200 on Wednesday...",
            "content": "On Tuesday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) was on form and pushed higher. The benchmark index rose 0.5% to 8,970.8 points.\nWill the market be able to build on this on Wednesday? Here are five things to watch:\nASX 200 to rise again\nThe Australian sh... [1783 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fool.com.au/2026/04/15/5-things-to-watch-on-the-asx-200-on-wednesday-15-april-2026/",
            "image": "https://www.fool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cheerful-trio-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T20:59:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8282fb7acac0975fadd471cafa42a40f",
                "name": "The Motley Fool Australia",
                "url": "https://www.fool.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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