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": 363474,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1c2b9af6e23609389bf46a5fef41c968",
            "title": "Jai Arrow set to feature in special Daniher tribute; Bobby Hill back at Pies in positive step forward — AFL Daily",
            "description": "Jai Arrow set to feature in special Daniher tribute; step forward for Pies star — AFL Daily",
            "content": "Jai Arrow will be part of the King’s Birthday blockbuster in a special tribute to Neale Daniher.\nPlus Bobby Hill is back at Collingwood in a positive step forward, the latest on Carlton’s coaching search, and Ray ‘Razor’ Chamberlain’s verdict on the ... [4176 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2026-bobby-hill-returns-to-collingwood-training-updates-latest-news-carlton-coaching-search-john-longmire-ray-chamberlain-on-nick-watson-nongoal/news-story/92c9745ad45969862e08ff87d0639d96",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/735ebc6a9836a04efe07e60d6899fa65",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T05:40:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5908f20d96ee7a67259b2083ff2e07de",
            "title": "Nazi leader Thomas Sewell covertly broadcasting hate on Instagram from Melbourne acreage",
            "description": "ABC NEWS Verify can reveal that Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell has been uploading antisemitic and homophobic diatribes to Instagram from a property on the outskirts of Melbourne.",
            "content": "Neo-Nazi leader and convicted criminal Thomas Sewell is covertly broadcasting hateful views on Instagram weeks after his organisation the National Socialist Network (NSN) was formally listed as a hate group by the government.\nABC NEWS Verify can reve... [4332 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-03/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-broadcasting-hate-on-instagram/106754856",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/147ae45817affbbef42462c21c79456f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2372&cropW=4217&xPos=0&yPos=335&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T05:36:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dcd49b56722d8c6825b16a25a0b904ad",
            "title": "Man fined for booing during Anzac Day dawn service at Sydney's Martin Place",
            "description": "Eli Toby told the court that his actions were intended as a way to \"stand for what I believed was the right thing at the time\", but refused to apologise to the judge.",
            "content": "A man who was charged for disrupting a Sydney Anzac Day dawn service by booing during a Welcome to Country has refused to apologise in front of a judge, as he pleaded guilty and was fined $880.\nEli Toby was charged with committing a nuisance in or on... [2403 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-03/nsw-eli-toby-fined-booing-sydney-anzac-day-dawn-service/106755312",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c9d148235407e5c7b7838933cc26b04a?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1996&cropW=3548&xPos=31&yPos=533&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T05:36:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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