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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": 328950,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1ad14707d7eca88316e33f894940ac33",
            "title": "NSW premier calls for more sovereignty on national energy supply as petrol prices rise",
            "description": "NSW Premier Chris Minns made the call for greater fuel security while unveiling the state's fuel savings measures, arguing for more electric vehicles and charging stations.",
            "content": "NSW Premier Chris Minns has argued Australia needs greater \"sovereignty\" over its energy and must electrify its economy if it is to survive future oil shocks.\nUnveiling fuel savings measures under the National Fuel Security Plan on Tuesday, Mr Minns ... [3491 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/nsw-fuel-savings-measures-announced-by-chris-minns/106515942",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0d7fad55d16c25a662d9bf2b90f88942?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1447&cropW=2573&xPos=0&yPos=134&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T03:44:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "494cc542bf39bee6c713f8c5e648f536",
            "title": "Salary dramas, blown draft picks and scandals - How Essendon and Carlton found themselves in AFL purgatory",
            "description": "Essendon and Carlton were once mainstays when it came to the business end of the AFL season. Over the last quarter century, both clubs have fallen on hard times. Here's why.",
            "content": "The year is 2001 and the AFL kicks off its season with a heavyweight clash between the league's two most recent premiers — Essendon and North Melbourne.\nEach club has picked up a pair of premierships over the last decade and has built up one of the m... [18599 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/essendon-carlton-25-years-afl-purgatory-10-key-moments/106463792",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/23aeac5ebff1114635c744c5a1897d70?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1728&cropW=3072&xPos=0&yPos=93&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T03:32:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b519760da7299c147e5d5b8831c8953c",
            "title": "How do diet, smoking, alcohol, and stress reshape the female microbiome?",
            "description": "This review examines how modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors shape the female vaginal, gut, oral, and skin microbiomes, with diet, alcohol, smoking, obesity, stress, hygiene, physical activity, and sexual behaviours all linked to site-specific microbial shifts. It argues that understanding these patterns could help guide future female-focused prevention and intervention strategies.",
            "content": "A wide-ranging review finds that everyday factors from diet and alcohol to stress, hygiene, and sexual behaviour may influence microbial balance across four key body sites in women, with possible implications for infection risk, inflammation, and lon... [5625 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260330/How-do-diet-smoking-alcohol-and-stress-reshape-the-female-microbiome.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_834035_17749264883318186.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T03:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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