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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": 303472,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0a778253204fab0d8297fbb3853fe425",
            "title": "Three dead in New South Wales shooting",
            "description": "Residents have been told to stay indoors and avoid the area of the shooting.",
            "content": "Three people have died after a reported shooting in a small town in New South Wales, Australia, police say.\nA fourth person has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.\nLocal police are now investigating the reported shooting which t... [896 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g00mv29j5o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/12d6/live/40baaa80-f768-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T07:48:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "481fed42fae5b1f13529ac9d555f0b95",
            "title": "St Vincent's Hospital charged over 2024 death of Makalie Watts-Owen",
            "description": "Makalie Watts-Owen died by suicide while admitted to St Vincent's Hospital's mental health unit, a month before her 24th birthday.",
            "content": "St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne has been charged over the death of a young Aboriginal woman who died by suicide while checked in as a patient.\nThe family of Makalie Watts-Owen has given permission to use her name and image.\nMakalie Owens-Watts adm... [2337 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/melbourne-st-vincents-hospital-worksafe-makalie-watts-owen/106258858",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/20bab4f4cd41965e25e57b0febbc3b90?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2534&cropW=4505&xPos=11&yPos=389&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T07:23:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23379a7a711cb4f2aedc78ee1266c283",
            "title": "Young girl among missing campers at New Zealand's Mount Maunganui after landslide - as it happened",
            "description": "Several people are missing after a landslide at a campsite in the tourism hotspot of Mount Maunganui, south-east of Auckland.",
            "content": "Thanks for following along\nH\nBy Heloise Vyas\nAnd that's where we'll be leaving things this evening.\nHere's a recap of the day's events:\nSeveral people remain missing after a landslide hit the Beachside Holiday Park at the foot of Mount Maunganui in N... [10912 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/new-zealand-landslide-search-for-missing-people/106256570",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ef8180817961587649c0eae1018df3ec?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1353&cropW=2406&xPos=0&yPos=125&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T07:07:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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