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": 342272,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0e200c7b870062e20542fcddcc87917a",
            "title": "CODE Sports",
            "description": "No Cookies | CODE Sports",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1387 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.codesports.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.codesports.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-codesports-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T09:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4d8375fa88fa9302a995fa705e1d4a49",
                "name": "Code",
                "url": "https://www.codesports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "088cd443b785d16e864c404cec27c25f",
            "title": "Tensions flare at NDIS rally in Melbourne",
            "description": "Organisers are calling on Victoria Police to apologise after the rally over disability funding descended in...",
            "content": "An elderly protester has been pushed to the ground as tensions flared at a disability funding rally in Melbourne.\nOrganisers are calling on Victoria Police to apologise after the rally over disability funding descended into chaos.\nA 79-year-old was p... [1373 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/ndis-rally-melbourne/ca9bbb4c-d19f-4906-b459-7c434f5799c8",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/H2QrLI64pT_iQKUIdCVMSFDvJYk=/7x88:492x361/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fbe5c657b-8982-4ddc-93e4-5169ff64eb8f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T09:19:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "89534ab2bf809688da7823c9cca5aa70",
            "title": "Barefoot Investor slaps down landlords worried about changes in the federal budget",
            "description": "The Barefoot Investor has delivered a characteristically blunt message to panicked property investors ahead of Labor’s looming changes to housing policies in the federal budget: stop whining, and if you can’t handle higher rates, “sell your homes immediately”.",
            "content": "Finance guru Scott Pape has unloaded on landlords fearing the potential changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing, dismissing claims the reforms will unleash “a toxic mix of pain and devastation”.\nHis comments come a few days before Treasurer... [4896 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/federal-budget/barefoot-investor-slaps-down-landlords-worried-about-changes-in-the-federal-budget/news-story/109c7f75f0ac6f2e1541fa7dededb768",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/f0f6355bde0d7546a24e2f552df157c5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T09:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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