
Australia Nation News API
Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Nation News APIAPI 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": 4596208, "articles": [ { "id": "9949dbe0a728e2f171b8ef5e198e734d", "title": "Brisbane News Live: Woman critical after stabbing in Westfield shopping centre car park; Broncos drop Shibasaki after ‘boozy’ night out; Trump urged to stick with AUKUS", "description": "Follow our live coverage of news from Brisbane and beyond.", "content": "Hundreds of Brisbane residents are fighting to save their local pool on the site of the now-defunct Griffith University Mount Gravatt campus.\nThe Mount Gravatt Aquatic and Fitness Centre sits on the Griffith University campus, located at the edge of ... [1738 chars]", "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-news-live-broncos-drop-shibasaki-after-boozy-night-out-trump-urged-to-stick-with-aukus-20250902-p5mrsi.html", "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2626%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_174/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_brisbanetimes_rebranded_live_no_age_social_wm/c6e0173b849b492e321cecf0cd49ba1cae575f5b580c64c67c71273eaa633469", "publishedAt": "2025-09-03T00:18:44Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "c603a60ac40ff998dd7aeead5e4953dc", "name": "Brisbane Times", "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "bf2e8b25930a9495ea2685c7229f9481", "title": "Bigger parliament, longer terms in PM’s sights", "description": "After Labor’s record election victory, the Albanese government has opened the door to totemic changes to the democratic process.", "content": "Australia could have fixed four-year parliamentary terms and an increase in the number of federal MPs under a major shake-up of the political system put on the agenda by Special Minister of State Don Farrell.\nAfter Labor’s record election victory, th... [896 chars]", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/bigger-parliament-longer-terms-in-pm-s-sights-20250903-p5mrzq.html", "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2713%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_393%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_theage_no_label_no_age_social_wm/4001752cbd80a84097e659a900e6e163bb6fad98", "publishedAt": "2025-09-03T00:11:18Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe", "name": "The Age", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "8c366dbd433c7cffe6c724a2de3f510a", "title": "'Weaponisation' of Australian flag denounced in wake of divisive rallies", "description": "A history expert says this Australian National Flag Day there should be pause for concern in the wake of the anti-immigration rallies at the weekend.", "content": "On this day, 124 years ago, the Australian flag was flown for the first time.\nIt flew over the dome of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne — the seat of the fledgling Australian federal government — on September 3, 1901.\nA competition to design the ... [5809 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-03/australian-flag-as-a-symbol-after-march-rallies/105720848", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b19db0c147bbc4b1c02672110cdb0178?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1688&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=263&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-09-02T23:21:39Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } } ] }