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Australia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 257190,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d62ff94cdb728cbff70d673c2e5a7f79",
            "title": "Snapchat to tell 440,000 Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban",
            "description": "In-app notifications go out this week to users believed to be aged under 16 ahead of 10 December social media ban",
            "content": "Snapchat is about to begin alerting some users that their accounts will be deactivated when Australia’s under-16s social media ban takes effect from 10 December.\nUsers that the platform assesses are likely to be aged under 16 were due to begin gettin... [2347 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/24/snapchat-to-tell-440k-australians-to-prove-theyre-16-or-accounts-will-be-locked-in-social-media-ban",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3601a10a7ddfa584cfd207034858c43c306e7764/171_0_2500_2001/master/2500.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d84b3d556b5a9b1a128701ceb3d26ff7",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T23:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9f33503d5424b6820621c68d6c7233e3",
            "title": "United Firefighters Union questions Metro Tunnel safety permit a week out from project opening",
            "description": "The United Firefighters Union has asked the national rail safety authority to investigate the validity of a permit to run services in Melbourne's Metro Tunnel, which will begin running passenger services on Sunday.",
            "content": "A stoush over the safety of Melbourne's Metro Tunnel has escalated, with Victoria's firefighters union asking the national rail safety authority to assess the validity of accreditation given to run services in the underground network.\nBut the Office ... [3282 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/union-questions-metro-tunnel-emergency-safety-permit-validity/106043620",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/2d6fded9aa6aee9c510051b500b71f53?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=900&cropW=1600&xPos=0&yPos=150&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T23:05:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a722e5c16a29707841a8e60b5c8182aa",
            "title": "Murray Watt orders CEO to account for redesign cost",
            "description": "Environment Minister Murray Watt has launched an investigation into the website’s redesign, following revelations about its cost blowout.",
            "content": "The Bureau of Meteorology’s new CEO has been ordered to account for the $96 million blowout of its unpopular website redesign, as Environment Minister Murray Watt revealed the bureau did not tell him the scale of the expense when he was first briefed... [3955 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/watt-unaware-of-scope-of-96m-blowout-of-bom-website-20251124-p5nht1.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1991%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/946c9ccb61d1b04ffc2c20997b55d82055576863",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T23:02:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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