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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": 260700,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "31ea4c2c9ef06864b01f04216911c228",
            "title": "Legal experts, civil libertarians warn the NSW government is 'eroding' the right to protest",
            "description": "When 60 neo-Nazis lined outside NSW parliament last week, the premier's response was swift and familiar — steadily tightening the state's protest laws in response to flashpoint events.",
            "content": "When 60 neo-Nazis lined the front gates of NSW parliament last week, the premier's response was swift and familiar.\nAs questions and public outrage began mounting over how the rally proceeded under police watch, Chris Minns used his first press confe... [6235 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/nsw-protest-laws-eroding-right-to-protest-say-legal-experts/106006324",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d7ef99bcf17bafddc63dbb85f9f5ff1b?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=330&cropW=587&xPos=0&yPos=2&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T20:14:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b3dfc37f58c628936f010e6be2ad45e",
            "title": "Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries",
            "description": "Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious injuries and even deaths",
            "content": "Scout* barely realised that something round and hard, with smoke coming from it, had landed in front of them before it exploded.\nPain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of th... [7344 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/16/police-detonated-a-stinger-grenade-at-a-melbourne-protest-now-two-activists-may-sue-over-their-injuries",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2b350009bdb3fd2a8911d11023af5893924a9483/219_172_1202_961/master/1202.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=31e65d8cc4dfcd0eaf5a8a7c96cf2ae6",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T19:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6cc50aaf567154e2f4a01e21b26fa986",
            "title": "After Michelle’s son Tom, 4, was killed, she began a life-saving mission",
            "description": "A ‘split-second’ incident turned a family holiday into a tragedy.",
            "content": "This story is part of the November 16 edition of Sunday Life.See all 13 stories .\nThe thought of outliving your child is every parent’s nightmare, yet it’s the reality for many Australians. According to statistics from the Queensland Family and Child... [7956 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/after-michelle-s-son-tom-4-was-killed-she-began-a-life-saving-mission-20251024-p5n53n.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4254%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_14%2C$y_403/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/8d2f904dab04d99692f5bd4d96acf50f5737c6c0",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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