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": 90615,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Brisbane woman charged with murder after allegedly administering lethal dose of prescription medication to man",
            "description": "Police will allege a woman administered lethal levels of prescription medication to \"accelerate\" the death of a man in the final stages of his life.",
            "content": "A woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly administered lethal levels of prescription medication to a man in Brisbane's south-east in 2023.\nPolice said the woman, 50, was charged after a protracted investigation following the suspicious... [779 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/lethal-prescription-medication-dose-murder-charge-queensland/105131258",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f5a572be81d36ca9e58d90e9c2816ae3?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=909&cropW=1616&xPos=0&yPos=86&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-02T23:08:07Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Trump confirms Australia tariffs in Liberation Day speech; Anthony Albanese won’t rule out WTO action",
            "description": "Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.",
            "content": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Pascoe Vale Melbourne as he visits a local pharmacy to spruik Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.\n“It is important to emphasise that my government will not negotiate or compromise on the Pharmaceutical Be... [423 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-2025-live-updates-pm-won-t-rule-out-wto-action-if-trump-s-liberation-day-tariffs-hit-australia-abc-funding-to-be-scrutinised-under-dutton-government-20250402-p5lomt.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5521%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_live_no_age_social_wm/b643e7dda3a8be689f56a928f51078b14db34607d0bd0109bfff6c10d960f2a9",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-02T22:56:59Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Donald Trump news: Elon Musk reportedly leaving US President’s White House team",
            "description": "Elon Musk’s time leading the Department of Government Efficiency could soon be over, as reports emerge that he is about to be kicked out of Donald Trump’s administration.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump has reportedly told his allies, including members of his cabinet, that Tesla Founder Elon Musk will be stepping back from his role at the White House in the coming weeks.\nMr Musk is approaching a legal limit of 130 days work... [2029 chars]",
            "url": "https://thenightly.com.au/politics/us-politics/donald-trump-news-elon-musk-reportedly-leaving-us-presidents-white-house-team-c-18248119",
            "image": "https://images.thenightly.com.au/publication/C-18248119/ebe250ed6043c15ec8accc34a45d1048e4a3f347-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-02T22:34:52Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Nightly",
                "url": "https://thenightly.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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