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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": 315476,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a105a57faa5b20232a7c9ec14093e5e9",
            "title": "Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei named new Supreme Leader; acid rain falls in Tehran; Kuwait international airport attacked; Iran death roll rises",
            "description": "The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.24pm\nGo to latest\nThe latest from the Middle East\nBy Angus Delaney and Emily Kaine\nWelcome to our live coverage of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Here’s the latest from the Middle East.\nMojtaba Khamenei, the son of the... [11755 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-wong-rules-out-australian-ground-offensive-iran-set-to-appoint-new-leader-kuwait-tower-aflame-following-airstrikes-20260308-p5o8j7.html?post=p5a253",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.9192708333333334%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/182662836bbf217328e83d5d70ecfc71e7c9e26fcc2b44037a5f20c37d6aba72",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T10:39:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e52ffd6898042d588065ab58a3e33de2",
            "title": "Kings Highway, Monga: Three dead in head-on crash",
            "description": "Three people have died following a crash in southern NSW.",
            "content": "Emergency services were called about 5.10pm on Monday to Kings Highway in Monga, southeast of Queanbeyan, after two Hyundai hatchbacks collided head-on.\nThe driver and two passengers of one of the hatchbacks died at the scene.\n“They are yet to be for... [513 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/three-killed-three-others-seriously-injured-in-headon-highway-crash/news-story/7ba9b88f33441c80a14b71b5ac1de463",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/561c20f25a1f7edd71622c7acd3d8beb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T10:28:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a0c23073d6bce629760a164aea866b01",
            "title": "Food supply lines open as Katherine and Daly River under emergency flood warning",
            "description": "While Katherine remains under an emergency flood warning, water levels are now receding and food supply lines are opening up.",
            "content": "On Katherine's fourth day under an emergency flood warning, residents are being warned that while water levels are receding, the town is \"not out of the woods yet\".\nChief Minister Lia Finocchiaro also confirmed rail and road routes had opened up for ... [6975 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/nt-katherine-flood-food-supply-daly-river-emergency-warning/106431152",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b174ea4b40622cd6e949b8dfaf78c94a?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=900&cropW=1600&xPos=0&yPos=299&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T09:49:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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