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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": 4879852,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "47e1e744d90a2df3ebb85c40bc9c207c",
            "title": "Australia's parliament is likely to grow for the first time in 40 years",
            "description": "Australia's parliament is likely to get larger as the government canvasses possibilities for expanding the number of MPs and introducing fixed or four-year terms.",
            "content": "Australia's parliament is likely to get larger as the government canvasses possibilities for expanding the number of MPs and moving to fixed or four-year terms.\nThe parliament's joint committee on electoral matters has been tasked by Special Minister... [4187 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/parliament-increase-fixed-terms-senate-estimates/105865534",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c5f25fc42e19abb9da83c49bf930c352?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1744&cropW=3100&xPos=0&yPos=161&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T05:49:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b69226cd83d4299a7d65ffb72233a0b",
            "title": "Melbourne school plunged into lockdown after students injured in scuffle",
            "description": "Police are investigating after five people approached students outside a school on Glencairn Drive in Green...",
            "content": "A Melbourne high school has been locked down after two students were injured in an alleged affray.\nPolice are investigating after five people allegedly approached students outside Greenvale Secondary College on Glencairn Drive in Greenvale in Melbour... [629 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/greenvale-high-school-in-lockdown-after-alleged-scuffle/ed84748d-59fd-4838-b84c-35d90ae7c084",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/kw7XGOdQHH6RexvefS0fJHAuMIE=/0x85:1905x1157/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fa7416296-eece-4dd6-9b8e-824460df21d8",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T05:44:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c2ceca2aab98422918a40ced8c296b3",
            "title": "Three charged with murder and torture of Brisbane man Andrew Burow",
            "description": "Police will allege Andrew Burow endured a three to four-day ordeal which began after meeting with the accused in August.",
            "content": "Police have charged three men with the torture and murder of Brisbane father Andrew Burow following a complex investigation that involved eight crime scenes across south-east Queensland.\nThe trio - a 38-year-old from Sippy Downs, 26-year-old from Nor... [2862 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/qld-andrew-burow-investigation-three-charged-with-murder/105866608",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/62241fb354773c15e3e0926772438abd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=361&cropW=641&xPos=0&yPos=55&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T05:02:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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