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Australia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 312328,
    "articles": [
        {
            "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"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7799226793ca023103d56aadd33cef60",
            "title": "Teen recreates city brick-by-brick in decade-long project",
            "description": "Chen has painstakingly recreated some major Melbourne landmarks, but also tried to capture the city’s cultural essence by building in trendy cafés and hook turns.",
            "content": "January 18, 2026 — 7:00pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nDespite never hefting a hammer, J... [3162 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/meet-the-man-who-has-spent-10-years-building-melbourne-in-minecraft-20260116-p5numy.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.20611132736473337%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_49/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/d7fc9bdae5c427ef0ac527208de0fcd4b41615f5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83b2891c320c941cac6481cb385e83d8",
            "title": "Writers' Week letter shows premier backed removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah",
            "description": "South Australia's premier told the Adelaide Festival board it would open itself to \"accusations of hypocrisy\" and \"legitimate public ridicule\" if it did not cancel the appearance of Randa Abdel-Fattah from Writers' Week.",
            "content": "A key letter in the Writers' Week saga has been made public, detailing the objections the South Australian premier expressed to the Adelaide Festival board about the scheduled appearance of author Randa Abdel-Fattah days before her cancellation.\nPete... [5620 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/premier-letter-on-randa-abdel-fatah-at-writers-week-released/106241792",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/522af0b172684890178f64b28f168e43?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T07:59:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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