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": 356298,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0ecf3b06c55d07b6a9ece2f022e4638e",
            "title": "Golden jumper revealed as Pies, AFL greats gather to begin Pendles party — AFL Daily",
            "description": "Golden jumper revealed as Pies, AFL greats gather to begin Pendles party — AFL Daily",
            "content": "It was a sea of black and white at the MCG on Monday as Collingwood players and staff, as well as AFL greats, gathered to begin Scott Pendlebury celebration week.\nPlus absent Geelong forward Tyson Stengle has reportedly taken a step in a bid to reviv... [6102 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2026-latest-news-tyson-stengle-return-to-geelong-training-hawthorn-hawks-analysis-video/news-story/20f18a3d020eb214a1f5466f5607daf0",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/cb49d91daad83d288289e4204e685d2e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T07:00:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0a5f183b298b7940f11871d477e8c638",
            "title": "'Terribly concerning': Port Kembla identified as preferred AUKUS base in secret documents",
            "description": "A labour union has called for transparency after Port Kembla in NSW was identified as a preferred east coast location for a nuclear submarine base in newly released documents.",
            "content": "A secret report commissioned by the previous NSW government identified Port Kembla as the ideal location for an east coast nuclear submarine base.\nThe Illawarra port, south of Wollongong, was named in the report as the preferred site for what would e... [2428 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/port-kembla-subs-base/106692098",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e02e4208ec0f1e2b63568c8168f35277?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2751&cropW=4890&xPos=0&yPos=509&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T06:39:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc2da461627712a9c032c36d18276c52",
            "title": "New team to plan search for bodies of Italian divers lost in Maldives",
            "description": "Authorities in the Maldives are getting ready to restart recovery operations with a fresh plan to overcome difficult conditions.",
            "content": "Mohamed Sharuhaan\nMay 18, 2026 — 3:50pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nMale, Maldives: Three Finnish divers have arrived to draw up a fresh plan in the search for the bodies of four... [4838 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/new-team-to-plan-search-for-bodies-of-italian-divers-lost-in-maldives-20260518-p5zyef.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.9796%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_40/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/54b68773b379c0f5cb524be9e266cbb06bb551d2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T05:50:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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