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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": 312594,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aa598f48ecfc0e3f3f2d9627f11b0a43",
            "title": "Record-high firearms shows Australia needs gun buyback, Labor says",
            "description": "A record number of firearms in Australia shows the country needs to tighten gun laws, the Albanese government says as parliamentarians consider its proposed sweeping reforms drafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.",
            "content": "Home Affairs data released ahead of parliament’s return on Monday shows registered firearms across the states and territories totalled 4,113,735, with 929,741 active licences.\nNSW led the pack with 1,158,654, followed by Queensland at 1,143,895 and V... [2370 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/recordhigh-firearms-shows-australia-needs-gun-buyback-labor-says/news-story/9e2c3d15ba081be0005a887333701efc",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/6549f9668c802174a0ea498674edef3d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T11:31:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "930f2fd1bdf3ac2f5bb245c4c04484de",
            "title": "Swan View woman tells of terrifying moment a stranger broke into her home and stole her car",
            "description": "A Swan View woman has re-lived the terrifying moment a stranger broke into her home and stole her car, before taking it on a wild ride while being chased by police.",
            "content": "A Swan View woman has re-lived the terrifying moment a stranger broke into her home and stole her care before taking it on a wild ride.\nPolice pursued the 39-year-old accused car thief as he allegedly swerved onto the wrong side of the road, ran a re... [1681 chars]",
            "url": "https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/swan-view-woman-tells-of-terrifying-moment-a-stranger-broke-into-her-home-and-stole-her-car-c-21346747",
            "image": "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-21346747/3b94ab618e071ed8f12227464d6f79ce1e2c0c5b-16x9-x1y0w2446h1376.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T10:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e7c920f999a284bb99022e8c7fe602ca",
                "name": "The West Australian",
                "url": "https://thewest.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": "2026-01-18T10:26:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e4b3c00f8decf2b789f3538a30b01b9d",
                "name": "The Cairns Post",
                "url": "https://www.cairnspost.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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