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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": 4172828,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Anthony Albanese calls Oscar Jenkins' Russian jail sentence an 'outrage'",
            "description": "Speaking to reporters in Rome, the prime minister says the government will continue to advocate for Mr Jenkins' release.",
            "content": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the 13-year prison term handed to Australian man Oscar Jenkins by Russia as an outrage.\nThe 33-year-old Melbourne man was found guilty of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary, the prosecutors... [2059 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/anthony-albanese-speaks-on-oscar-jenkins-sentence/105305440",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4325f906b4dfe8b6861f035109bcd750?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=481&cropW=855&xPos=164&yPos=19&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-17T10:03:44Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Heartbreak for Aussie families as death toll from 'killer' disease hits 'unprecedented' numbers",
            "description": "A grieving family have warned Australians to take the 'unprecedented' rise in cases of a deadly disease extremely seriously.",
            "content": "A grieving family have warned Australians to take the 'unprecedented' rise in cases of a deadly, soil-borne disease seriously.\nAt least 31 Aussies have died after being infected by tropical disease melioidosis so far this year, with 211 cases recorde... [3193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14721879/disease-death-toll-Australia.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05/17/06/98475209-0-image-m-46_1747461340991.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-17T06:53:04Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "This block should be housing. Instead, it’s a car yard",
            "description": "This unassuming Homebush block of homes and units was demolished almost a decade ago to make way for more housing. So why has it fallen into “urban decay”?",
            "content": "Nearby residents who spoke to the Herald on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retribution said they expected new apartments to be built when the developer started knocking down homes. A decade later they have been left with an urban heat isla... [3840 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/this-block-should-be-housing-instead-it-s-a-car-yard-20250501-p5lvtz.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1544%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_82/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/72e2317e46f1b30456ec7008a24fdff73659e0a7",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-17T06:30:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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