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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 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": 270738,
"articles": [
{
"id": "b0b867b98aa2167aa2d43641370238c7",
"title": "Al Madina Dawah Centre dealt $3000 fine by Canterbury-Bankstown Council",
"description": "A controversial Bankstown prayer centre which has come under increasing scrutiny following the Bondi terror attack has been fined by a local council after allegedly ignoring shutdown orders.",
"content": "The Al Madina Dawah Centre was fined $3000 by the Canterbury-Bankstown council after the council claimed it continued to operate illegally, despite a direction to “cease use” last month.\nIn December, the centre was ordered to shut down after the coun... [2652 chars]",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/al-madina-dawah-centre-fined-3000-by-canterburybankstown-council/news-story/26ef8d4beffb79e5007c72c250bf0d39",
"image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/85bff0ae1419b7e9580d2515e8b0ffaa",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T02:03:45Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
"name": "News.com.au",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "e95a8e633d99bc4e64467af89b877722",
"title": "Could Labor’s hate speech laws damage Australia’s free speech? Here’s what you need to know about the contentious bill",
"description": "Coalition, Greens and free speech advocates have expressed concern about the bill, which looks set to fail in its current form. Here’s why",
"content": "1. Could the bill limit free speech?\nConcerns have been raised around whether adding the concept of “hatred” in speech to criminal law could be too open to interpretation by the courts.\nThe new racial vilification law, in its current form, would requ... [5742 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/australia-hate-laws-bill-free-speech-ntwnfb",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3d42ea629f6b1401ac03e34f04439ea787e2bc3/688_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=7944db44ffbb044fa21dffa4b2bf85a6",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T01:23:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "beab4eb7db994e1d9be52eebe3dc6f83",
"title": "Campers told to reconsider travel as severe wet weather lashes NSW south coast",
"description": "Campers have been evacuated from low-lying areas as damaging wet weather makes its way along the NSW south coast.",
"content": "Campers and travellers have begun to leave or change travel plans for the NSW south coast with severe weather forecast to continue battering the region across the weekend.\nA severe weather warning of heavy rain and damaging wind is in place for the s... [3625 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/south-coast-rain-floods-camping-travel-risk/106235862",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1668acb8c0083540e234aadf4434fa05?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=675&cropW=1200&xPos=0&yPos=180&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T01:03:15Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
}
]
}