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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": 260442,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4b0705902b7c256b4bf8cc275ffe52ca",
            "title": "Son of AFL great revealed as man convicted of rape, after gag order lifted",
            "description": "Tom Silvagni, the son of Stephen Silvagni and his TV presenter wife, Jo, can now be named as the man convicted of raping a woman twice in the family’s home.",
            "content": "Tom Silvagni, the 23-year-old son of an AFL great, can now be named as the man convicted of raping a woman in his family’s Melbourne home, after a gag order was lifted.\nSilvagni, the son of Stephen Silvagni and TV presenter Jo, impersonated his frien... [3513 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/son-of-afl-great-revealed-to-have-been-convicted-of-rape-after-gag-order-lifted-20251211-p5nmps.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3942%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_418%2C$y_81/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/dadf46b85f1494b2f4a12cf17ad9ed59208be70b",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T05:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b6c2ae74d3d198977eb48c6bd83cb28",
            "title": "Missing FIFO worker failed to board flight and hailed a cab to the beach",
            "description": "WA Police has revealed new details on the movements of a missing FIFO worker William Carter, who failed to...",
            "content": "P olice have revealed new details on the movements of a missing FIFO worker who failed to board a flight in Perth and instead took a cab to the beach.\nWilliam Carter smiled in a photo with his mum before she dropped the 25-year-old off outside Perth ... [1016 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-perth-william-carter-missing-fifo-worker-failed-to-board-flight-and-hailed-a-cab-to-the-beach/0c9cd18d-a5ed-4cdf-9acf-fc7557c6680b",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/j43H4_2pXkVMPY1Z8_kwOGT_Yoc=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F0ca1d00d-207f-4c8d-95a1-b8de565f73af",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T04:40:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80562be95f48d76591375fa0df35d714",
            "title": "William Carter: New revelation as missing FIFO worker seen at Trigg Beach after being dropped to Perth Airport",
            "description": "Police have provided new details after the 25-year-old vanished from Perth Airport.",
            "content": "Police are continuing their desperate search for a 25-year-old FIFO worker who went missing nearly five days ago, with revelations he was last seen at Trigg Beach.\nWilliam Patrick Carter was dropped outside Perth Airport’s Terminal 3 about 12.40pm on... [2811 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/missing-person/william-carter-new-revelation-as-missing-fifo-worker-seen-at-trigg-beach-after-being-dropped-to-perth-airport-c-20967846",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-20967846/b56bb4a5dbcbbc69b72e30e7515a7e1e8f60fcd4-16x9-x0y83w2048h1152.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T04:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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