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": 349012,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a017b1d1c6b54300ceb6ee2663fcdd18",
            "title": "Australia's east to brace for a wet week",
            "description": "Part of Australia's east coast might be in for a wet week with a string of rainy days expected for parts o...",
            "content": "P art of Australia's east coast might be in for a wet week with a string of rainy days expected for parts of NSW and Queensland.\nDespite a dry, yet cold start to the month, the drizzly conditions are due to roll in, potentially bringing multiple wet ... [1352 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/rain-returning-to-australias-east-coast-next-week/cdc20ffe-a07a-4219-9a19-b068abcb95e2",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/0zHKAaEt2Yd48wrKpjJYzCSf6WI=/1x0:939x528/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Ffbb18f6c-7a75-44e7-97e3-cdde7c6744fc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T02:35:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75a06980f5a42cd4965e69d8a54db9bb",
            "title": "Study links myalgic encepalomeyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome linked with changes to immune cells",
            "description": "Ella Engel saw many specialists before she was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Her blood may help researchers understand the condition.",
            "content": "Ella Engel spent her late teens and early 20s isolated in her own bedroom.\nShe felt chronically fatigued, in pain and prone to dizzy spells or fainting when she stood up.\nMs Engel went eight years without any outside visitors and four years without s... [6576 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2026-05-09/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research/106642082",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/91549d6fcd74e56644db50c62266bb44?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=900&cropW=1600&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T02:11:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb23d70c8885f06ee79512d0922541aa",
            "title": "Tensions high ahead of Putin's parade as Australia told to evacuate Kyiv embassy",
            "description": "The Australian embassy in Ukraine is on high alert after the Kremlin warned staff to evacuate ahead of possible \"massive missile strikes\" this weekend, as Moscow prepares to hold a scaled-down military parade.",
            "content": "The Australian embassy in Ukraine is on high alert after the Kremlin warned staff to evacuate ahead of possible \"massive missile strikes\" this weekend.\nIt is one of many embassies in Kyiv to be cautioned, following Russian threats of retaliation if U... [6135 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-09/kremlin-tells-australian-embassy-to-evacuate-ahead-of-parade/106660784",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/73657c892cef52f2d764c71bc08664a2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=720&cropW=1280&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T02:05:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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