Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON 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": 90696,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Dogs forced to pay abuse victim millions; ‘Ashamed’ Allen apologises over Mitchell meeting; ‘Helpless’ Beveridge goes on the attack",
            "description": "The Bulldogs have lost a High Court appeal; Oscar Allen has spoken about his public meeting with Hawks coach Sam Mitchell; and Luke Beveridge has teed off at the AFL, saying there’s “total confusion” about tackling.",
            "content": "“Finally, Adam can look forward to living without the legal claim hanging over his head,” Magazanik said. “He is proud of having fought so hard and for so long and hopes that he has given encouragement to other survivors.” Allen sorry for Hawks meeti... [9621 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/helpless-beveridge-goes-on-the-attack-swans-star-out-for-two-months-20250403-p5lotu.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1282703488372093%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_88/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_theage_no_label_no_age_social_wm/9f801ab123a7b085887b122ed8c5663090ee032e",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-03T07:44:19Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Addressing low lung cancer screening rates through awareness and access",
            "description": "Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives-but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of eligible individuals in the U.S. get screened.",
            "content": "Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives-but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of eligible indiv... [2440 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250403/Addressing-low-lung-cancer-screening-rates-through-awareness-and-access.aspx",
            "image": "https://d2jx2rerrg6sh3.cloudfront.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/174318220-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-03T07:30:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "TEAMS: Crow out, four key ins for Dees, Eagles trio missing",
            "description": "The teams are in for round four's Friday and Saturday games, as well as Sunday's squads",
            "content": "The teams are in for round four's Friday and Saturday games, as well as Sunday's squads\nMatt Crouch, Kozzy Pickett and Jeremy McGovern. Picture: AFL Photos\nMATT Crouch will miss Saturday's mouth-watering game against Gold Coast, with Adelaide decidin... [3786 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1291479/teams-key-crow-matt-crouch-out-of-clash-with-gold-coast-melbourne-make-four-changes-three-west-coast-eagles-missing",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2025/04/03/dad33786-e49f-421a-b21a-c35fdecaaabc/MattCrouchKozzyPickettJeremyMcGovern.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-03T07:20:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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