Australia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Australia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=au&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=au" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "au", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "au",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "au",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=au&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 385214,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "69db1569c60eab89a5105d8f470c9284",
            "title": "Australia news LIVE: Unemployment jumps to highest level in nearly five years; Wells introduces Digital Duty of Care, pushes back on censorship criticism",
            "description": "Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 6.25am\nGo to latest\nToday’s headlines\nBy Emily Kaine\nHello and welcome to our live coverage of Australian and world news this Thursday, October 15. Here’s what you need to know today.\nHealth Minister Mark Butler has vowed to bring th... [10940 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-news-live-butler-vows-health-rebate-bill-will-return-to-senate-after-coalition-greens-block-legislation-wells-to-introduce-digital-duty-of-care-to-parliament-today-20261015-p615ox.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2727%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_12/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/61b43c7d55c6a59bead7abd039eab528a72ae986",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-15T00:18:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f76df1d79419051dbb3d24ca66695a2",
            "title": "old man over Fairfield school pick",
            "description": "A 44-year-old man and his 15-year-old daughter managed to get out of their car and runaway from the gunman, who was dressed in black and wearing a balaclava.",
            "content": "In short:\nA Sydney father and his daughter were in a ute when a man in a balaclava pointed a gun at them at school pick-up in June.\nAt the time police said it was not clear whether the gun had jammed, preventing shots from being fired.\nNineteen-year-... [1966 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/nsw-charges-over-school-pick-up-attempted-shooting-fairfield/107268832",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0b63bf4b04706e687c0217091dc139ad?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:22:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c3a027c1304fad63e22d423f1944649f",
            "title": "BESIX Watpac named preferred builder for Macquarie Point stadium",
            "description": "The announcement comes as the final cost is still to be negotiated…",
            "content": "BESIX Watpac has beaten Webuild to be named the preferred builder of Hobart’s Macquarie Point stadium.\nPremier Jeremy Rockliff announced the decision on social media today.\n“This is it. Today we’re announcing our preferred builder for the new Mac Poi... [2165 chars]",
            "url": "https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/besix-watpac-named-preferred-builder-for-macquarie-point-stadium/",
            "image": "https://images.pulsetasmania.com.au/uploads/q6v6on78u7wrw70_fvjvy_tizqn.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:01:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a3c58dbffe1f7789ebf2d3bb56dd2c99",
                "name": "Pulse Tasmania",
                "url": "https://pulsetasmania.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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