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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": 293956,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0983a1f15f2770c4b791f9e74d0c287b",
            "title": "Bondi beach terror attack: 15 people, including one child, killed in antisemitic shooting in Sydney",
            "description": "Anthony Albanese says attack ‘deliberately targeted Jewish community’, as police confirm alleged shooters are father and son, Sajid, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24",
            "content": "A father and son have been identified as the alleged shooters in a terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi beach, as authorities confirm the death toll from the massacre has risen to 15, including one child. One of the gunmen was also confirmed dead.\nThe ... [6623 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/bondi-beach-terror-attack-16-people-including-one-child-died-in-antisemitic-shooting",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/07c278d4a1a6be3b3ae18615247b5ff7c72c60f4/1141_0_6880_5504/master/6880.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=14d32510b40f62631032b46d4b24e721",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-15T01:20:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b23d3e099993b34951f2b4167aa81e0b",
            "title": "Dolphin Sands bushfire sparked by improperly extinguished burn off, Tasmanian authorities confirm",
            "description": "A bushfire in Tasmania that destroyed 19 homes was caused by a registered burn conducted about a week earlier, which was not extinguished by a landowner, authorities have confirmed.",
            "content": "In short:\nA bushfire that last week destroyed 19 homes was caused by a registered burn conducted about a week earlier, authorities have confirmed.\nA landowner \"chose to cover the fire with sand\", with wind later causing \"embers to come out of that,\" ... [1454 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/dolphin-sands-fire-caused-by-a-landowner-burning-off/106143708",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/766b7adc709f3a4f1552b1aaef2e71c4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1687&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=157&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-15T01:09:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "70ca00ad6a827ba35fb95ad3e0841287",
            "title": "‘Sought-after pocket’: Downsizer pays $2.2m for Beaumaris family home",
            "description": "A local downsizer beat a family at auction for the three-bedroom home with manicured backyard and deck made for entertaining.",
            "content": "A three-bedroom property in Beaumaris with a manicured backyard and deck for entertaining was snapped up for $2.2 million by a local downsizer at auction on Saturday.\nThe well-maintained family home at 57 Haldane Street had a spacious, welcoming set-... [3273 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/sought-after-pocket-downsizer-pays-2-2m-for-beaumaris-family-home-20251215-p5nno0.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.7855966123823266%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_113%2C$y_211/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a2c7960403563e57ef153fd740a5407d87301d4e",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-15T00:26:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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