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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": 257300,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b63c65ba227c0f37065ffe9a2ca01526",
            "title": "Empress Spring: Multi-agency vertical rescue saves woman who fell eight metres into cave, stuck for 12hrs",
            "description": "A complex rescue operation lasting more than 12 hours has unfolded after a woman fell eight metres into a cave while exploring WA’s harsh outback with her partner.",
            "content": "A complex operation lasting more than 12 hours rescued a woman who fell down a deep cave while exploring WA’s harsh outback with her partner.\nWA Police heralded the rescue as a “outstanding multi-agency effort” after the woman, 60, was removed from t... [2379 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/empress-spring-multi-agency-vertical-rescue-saves-woman-who-fell-eight-metres-into-cave-stuck-for-12hrs-c-20836621",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-20836621/e86193676f91373c962453bca92a3fc56974d266-16x9-x1y0w2446h1376.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T08:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f29faf243797abc376bd2d7f9f560200",
            "title": "LNP ahead in bitterly contested Hinchinbrook by",
            "description": "LNP has taken the early lead in a bitterly contested by-election in North Queensland, that the premier is desperate to win.",
            "content": "The LNP is well ahead as early votes start to flow, in the Hinchinbrook by-election in North Queensland.\nThe result will make little difference in the state parliament, where LNP holds a strong majority.\nA short time ago, the LNP had secured close to... [2223 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/qld-regs-hinchinbrook-by-election/106074190",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/3aa37d1192c1687ade0e6dfc966bbaab?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1152&cropW=2048&xPos=0&yPos=136&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T08:01:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c8aec153d44bdb53690022dea38061bc",
            "title": "Woman, 60, rescued after falling into cave in Lake Wells",
            "description": "A 60-year-old woman survives a 12-hour ordeal after falling into a cave in remote Western Australia, prompting a large rescue effort in the Goldfields.",
            "content": "A 60-year-old woman has survived a 12-hour ordeal after falling into a cave in remote Western Australia, prompting a multi-agency rescue in the Goldfields on Friday night.\nPolice and paramedics were called to David Carnegie Road in Lake Wells, about ... [1899 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/lake-wells-cave-rescue-woman-saved/106082262",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/582885171c945b5904ecf3efb71fe7d2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=662&cropW=1176&xPos=0&yPos=98&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T07:49:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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