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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": 334910,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "107ed0486a5980e6687a7214000cb377",
            "title": "Cardiovascular disease prevention must start earlier",
            "description": "The Healthy Start for Young Hearts Alliance brings together experts across public health and clinical care with the aim to prevent cardiovascular disease before it begins. Traditionally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been viewed as a condition of old age. However, recent evidence shows that targeting modifiable risk factors in childhood could prevent 30% of adult …",
            "content": "The Healthy Start for Young Hearts Alliance brings together experts across public health and clinical care with the aim to prevent cardiovascular disease before it begins.\nTraditionally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been viewed as a condition of ... [7168 chars]",
            "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/14/cardiovascular-disease-prevention-must-start-earlier/",
            "image": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lead-image-2026-04-09T093533.746.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T14:17:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "74b3be1e44ce1f9603e4ee104bd718d7",
                "name": "The Medical Journal of Australia",
                "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5d2c4189b4292e9c2413cd63535b43b",
            "title": "Babies may begin syncing to their mother’s body clock before birth",
            "description": "New research from Washington University shows that a baby’s circadian rhythm begins to develop in the womb.",
            "content": "A baby’s body does not wait until birth to start learning a routine. Even inside the womb, it slowly begins to follow a daily pattern.\nNew research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that this pattern builds step by step during pregnancy a... [5091 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/babies-begin-syncing-to-their-mothers-body-clock-before-birth/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/04/12070452/Pregnancy-body-clock.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T14:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d29290f257ee27679fa851242447ac3e",
            "title": "The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod",
            "description": "And nostalgia is only part of the picture.",
            "content": "Audio nostalgia is a thing right now, and it’s not just wired earbuds enjoying all of the shine. A yearning for wired audio is bringing its good friend along for the ride: the king of all things MP3. The one, the only, the iPod.\nThat’s right, the iPo... [5400 chars]",
            "url": "https://gizmodo.com/the-world-is-basically-begging-for-another-ipod-2000745053",
            "image": "https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Steve-Jobs-iPod-Nano-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T13:00:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b86966b1ce9f29cc65fd4b3bf0671e5c",
                "name": "Gizmodo",
                "url": "https://gizmodo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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