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": 351518,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f3ff0512058163d217f3511a5e8bce6e",
            "title": "Soundwaves Settle Debate About Elusive Quantum Particle",
            "description": "It was a head-spinning discovery.In 2018, researchers in Japan claimed to find concrete evidence of an elusive particle, a Majorana fermion, in a",
            "content": "It was a head-spinning discovery.\nIn 2018, researchers in Japan claimed to find concrete evidence of an elusive particle, a Majorana fermion, in a quantum spin liquid called ruthenium trichloride. Majoranas are highly sought-after by quantum material... [5283 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/soundwaves-settle-debate-about-elusive-quantum-1660128/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/news-and-developments.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T15:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d2589a4cb606b9cd80eaaaebb53a81e3",
            "title": "First home buyer scheme found to be fueling price increases at lower end of market, Cotality suggests",
            "description": "New research from property analytics firm Cotality appears to show that the Home Guarantee Scheme, intended to help first home buyers, may be worsening entry level affordability.",
            "content": "New research from property analytics firm Cotality appears to show that a federal government scheme intended to help first home buyers is fuelling a price surge at the lower end of the housing market, raising concerns it may be worsening entry level ... [5023 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/first-home-buyer-scheme-pushing-up-price-of-cheaper-housing/106593276",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a24dad7694d0cb2bfcbfa4340092e3e1?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2583&cropW=4592&xPos=0&yPos=240&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T15:00:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74e95d4aff6ac57aa2d63456e1b172f6",
            "title": "The Expanse: Osiris Reborn closed beta impressions",
            "description": "The signs are all good. Except there's that nagging question. How much does it matter that the studio is using gen-AI tools during the game's development?",
            "content": "The Expanse: Osiris Reborn caused a commotion when it was announced. That's in part because it looked like a modern Mass Effect, which always tends to be taken as a good thing, and because it's an adaptation of a well-known and well-liked science-fic... [9782 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-plays-like-a-mass-effect-like-sci-fi-adventure-in-fine-form-but-its-developers-use-of-ai-raises-some-difficult-questions",
            "image": "https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/The-Expanse-Osiris-Reborn-article-header.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop&enable=upscale&auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T14:22:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ffe006a0fcb1eb49c90d4fafee3c075b",
                "name": "Eurogamer.net",
                "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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