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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": 302810,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ae0c4fc6a1a49812522237aa21dd13b5",
            "title": "Measles circulating undetected in Adelaide after infectious case identified, SA Health says",
            "description": "South Australia's health department says undetected measles is circulating in Adelaide, after an infection was identified in someone who had not recently travelled.",
            "content": "South Australia's health department says undetected measles is circulating in Adelaide, after an infection was identified in someone who had not recently travelled.\nSA Health said the adult acquired the infection locally, with chief public health off... [2434 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/measles-case-in-adelaide-prompts-exposure-site-release/106302520",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f226ef8f811f45ee207cc37a3acbd026?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1518&cropW=2699&xPos=0&yPos=138&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T00:24:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "44a3a0865c17bb3494e0f5f64cad69f6",
            "title": "When evidence meets empathy: An oncologist’s journey into patienthood",
            "description": "An oncologist reflects on cancer, hope and toxicity after his colleague becomes the patient, and what it reveals about evidence, empathy and care.",
            "content": "It’s one of the most common questions asked by patients with cancer, but also the most difficult: “What would you do if you were me?”\nMonash Health medical oncologist Dr Mahendra Naidoo says it's a question that tests the limits of empathy and eviden... [6525 chars]",
            "url": "https://lens.monash.edu/when-evidence-meets-empathy-an-oncologists-journey-into-patienthood/",
            "image": "https://lens.monash.edu/content/images/size/w1200/2026/01/oncologist-patient.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T00:13:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896e12e0070a084fa16a9ffb64353991",
                "name": "Monash Lens",
                "url": "https://lens.monash.edu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6eac60b6202b7a44d9ff3cbaeba8bf37",
            "title": "Hugh Jackman, 57, just posted an elite 5K row time",
            "description": "Men's Health Magazine Australia is your ultimate guide to all things fitness, sex, weight loss, nutrition and style",
            "content": "HUGH JACKMAN recently shared the results of a 5,000-metre row, clocking a hugely impressive 18:31.5 – at age 57. Posting the effort on his Instagram, Jackman admitted he felt nervous beforehand, and little wonder: the 5k row is serious aerobic challe... [1495 chars]",
            "url": "https://menshealth.com.au/hugh-jackman-posts-elite-5k-row-time/",
            "image": "https://menshealth.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Mens-Health-32x32.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T00:10:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1b60136d6d6ef9d9f66b4720b8139a17",
                "name": "Men's Health Australia",
                "url": "https://menshealth.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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