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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": 264854,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7956bc5e5e31d735f1c7929e73e9e0f2",
            "title": "‘Aggressive pursuit of debts’: Property owners feel strain over surging land tax bills",
            "description": "The State Revenue Office has cracked down on a growing amount of unpaid land tax, netting almost $900 million.",
            "content": "A blitz targeting tax dodgers has uncovered almost $900 million in avoided taxes or illegally claimed exemptions, as new data also reveals a growing financial strain on property owners who are not paying their surging land tax bills.\nState Revenue Of... [5066 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/aggressive-pursuit-of-debts-property-owners-feel-strain-over-surging-land-tax-bills-20251117-p5nfyy.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1711%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_96/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/38183a6d33fe3a77c37a9741cd40249d2c14e0da",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "15a02a2a5c0e31f3ab8cb76ced97d2e4",
            "title": "Mernda hospital is finally opening, but two others are still waiting",
            "description": "A seven-year promise to build small hospitals across Greater Melbourne is one step closer to being fulfilled, but questions remain for residents in Pakenham and Point Cook.",
            "content": "A seven-year promise to build small hospitals across Greater Melbourne is one step closer to being fulfilled, but questions remain for residents in Pakenham and Point Cook.\nThe long-promised Mernda Community Hospital, on Melbourne’s northern fringe, ... [3433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/northern-suburbs-hospital-is-finally-opening-but-two-others-are-still-waiting-20251122-p5nhku.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.059%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_187/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/37e6f1e2baad484644387881f0a1677385118575",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T06:13:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d3761cc9eb8095d953c04bcb2dc40c35",
            "title": "A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade - but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new",
            "description": "From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostility",
            "content": "Offshore, secrecy dominates. But it doesn’t stop at the water’s edge.\nIn February, Australia brokered a new offshore arrangement with Nauru, striking a deal to send members of the so-called NZYQ cohort – non-citizens with criminal histories – to the ... [5996 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/a-translation-of-the-nauruan-presidents-remarks-will-stay-suppressed-for-a-decade-but-secrecy-in-australias-offshore-policy-is-nothing-new",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/669f6ba0782b03d94aebb31aac44f8a4b4a06ad0/102_93_3206_2565/master/3206.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=df682a19910ab6400e84bac71f0390f1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T03:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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