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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": 269414,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ff88cf1e43581b0046f3499b607e3b2",
            "title": "Woman critically injured in alleged domestic violence attack in Sydney's south",
            "description": "A 36-year-old woman has been airlifted to Liverpool Hospital in critical condition.",
            "content": "A woman is fighting for life after allegedly being assaulted and run over in what police have described as a \"horrendous\" domestic violence attack in Sydney's south-west.\nEmergency services were called to Maddison Court in Narellan Vale, about 8:30 a... [1467 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/nsw-woman-critically-injured-in-dv-incident-narellan-vale/106124450",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/18aa6eecf22afdc072283aa2142921cf?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=100&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-10T03:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e2b5fbcb1fa729673520c9d58e116bfe",
            "title": "old boy over fatal stabbing at Ascot Vale intersection",
            "description": "Homicide detectives have arrested a 16-year-old boy three days after a 40-year-old man was found with stab wounds in Melbourne's north.",
            "content": "A teenage boy has been arrested following a fatal stabbing in Melbourne's north on Sunday afternoon.\nPolice say they located the 16-year-old in Carlton on Tuesday morning before he was taken to hospital under police guard.\nHe will be interviewed afte... [754 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/detectives-arrest-teenager-following-ascot-vale-stabbing/106125282",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/bd15ee52af73b6f1c19a40efdae8a83c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1361&cropW=2420&xPos=0&yPos=439&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-10T02:59:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f794dfcaa24f2124d1b817cdb67cb568",
            "title": "Angry residents demand urgent action amid claims hooning, condoms, faeces plague South Perth foreshore",
            "description": "‘I have witnessed young men exiting the car to relieve themselves as families walk past on the foreshore.’",
            "content": "Big changes could be coming to how people experience the South Perth Esplanade amid claims late night hooning, anti-social behaviour, vehicle congregation, nitrous oxide misuse, condoms, empty litre bottles of liquor, faeces, public urination, and al... [4083 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/central/southern/big-changes-to-south-perth-esplanade-proposed-as-hooning-and-anti-social-behaviour-ramps-up--c-20900638",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-20900638/936a5cc7abe545637e13006fdade153e7edaa729-16x9-x0y409w5433h3056.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-10T01:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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