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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": 268684,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3bbdedb4aef4f351eaa8178e77673fea",
            "title": "Victorian government to crack down on hate speech, review gun laws following Bondi terror attack",
            "description": "In the wake of last week's terrorist attack at Bondi Beach, Premier Jacinta Allan unveils a five-point plan targeting antisemitism in Victoria and providing a \"pathway to normal\" for the state's Jewish community.",
            "content": "The Victorian government has unveiled a five-point plan to combat antisemitism in the state, aiming to tighten hate speech laws and increase police powers in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.\nLast Sunday's horrific mass shooting in Sydney ha... [5491 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-22/victoria-government-antisemitism-hate-speech-law-reforms/106170386",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/50ff48f89651af9c8a2208a92e0b9e5c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T04:40:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "39ff9692d1249d0a39a52a4963e9c058",
            "title": "Anthony Albanese apologises for what Jewish community experienced after Bondi attack",
            "description": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is \"sorry\" for what Jewish Australians have experienced, while announcing a package of legislative changes.",
            "content": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised for the experience of Jewish Australians, eight days after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish holiday festival at Bondi.\nAfter a cabinet meeting that agreed to progress a package of legislative chan... [431 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-22/government-proposes-offence-radicalising-children-bondi/106171326",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/dccbde3ab4444d4c56e42300459964cd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T04:36:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6658ffb1e5aaeea97bed340b607a2dc4",
            "title": "Heatwaves and storms forecast for parts of Australia as Melbourne braces for coldest Christmas since 2006",
            "description": "BoM predicts continued heat for Queensland-NSW border and storms in east and north but Melbourne residents in for chilly Christmas Day",
            "content": "A severe heatwave straddling the coastal border area of New South Wales and Queensland will continue into Christmas – but stormy weather is forecast for other parts of Australia over the coming days.\nBureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior meteorologist A... [3448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/22/australia-bom-christmas-weather-heatwaves-storms-melbourne-coldest-christmas-since-2006",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d5f60e91b1c663399df43e2c63c0353634f9b44c/500_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=20dbd6f17c673409b8212d5d438d0847",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T03:46:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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