Australia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 398366,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c636b0e51c9e9b00d6b3e7493cd382aa",
            "title": "One Nation volunteer assault not being treated as politically motivated by Victoria Police",
            "description": "Victoria Police has issued a fresh statement regarding the assault of a One Nation volunteer to clarify detectives are not treating the incident as politically motivated.",
            "content": "The assault of a One Nation volunteer on Victoria's Surf Coast is not being treated by police as politically motivated.\n\"Detectives are not treating the incident as politically motivated,\" a Victoria Police statement said today.\nNews of the assault e... [994 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-04/one-nation-volunteer-assault-torquary-not-politically-motivated/107345346",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/bd53bf09644fec2ef09c5fa0257c8da8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:29:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3deaa91e7807f9b13763494f21918950",
            "title": "Alan Jones trial live updates: SMH journalist Kate McClymont returns to witness box in former 2GB broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault, sexual touching trial",
            "description": "The Herald’s chief investigative reporter will give evidence on Wednesday about her interviews with men who later became complainants in Jones’ criminal trial. Follow along to our live blog for updates.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 11.05am\nGo to latest\nKate McClymont returns to the witness box\nBy\nWarning: Graphic content\nHello and welcome to our live coverage of former 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones’ indecent assault and sexual touching trial in the historic Downin... [7426 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alan-jones-trial-live-updates-smh-journalist-kate-mcclymont-returns-to-witness-box-in-former-2gb-broadcaster-s-alleged-indecent-assault-sexual-touching-trial-20261104-p61b6r.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3704%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_361%2C$y_74/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ea5f7a56f07a4d519e547342e7e63ef566b1c03d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:53:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c39d7bda55a965d8abaab9be2a288ba",
            "title": "The Cairns Post",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Cairns Post",
            "content": "To use this website, cookies must be enabled in your browser. To enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open links in External Browser\nThere is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently ma... [1284 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cairnspost.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.cairnspost.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-cairnspost-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:21:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e4b3c00f8decf2b789f3538a30b01b9d",
                "name": "The Cairns Post",
                "url": "https://www.cairnspost.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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