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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": 270864,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f6a8cf4f03ad0e378f892bb58b402bc0",
            "title": "Families opt for Peninsula Hot Springs visit over traditional celebrations",
            "description": "More than 1000 people chose to spend Christmas Day bathing in hot water rather than basting a turkey.",
            "content": "As people across Australia rush around to put a family feast together, Katie and Steve Jaz lounge in white bathrobes on a wooden jetty by a lake. Their children play around in their bathers, eating chips straight out of the bag. A cooler with snacks ... [2281 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/our-small-family-ritual-the-victorians-choosing-hot-springs-bliss-over-christmas-chaos-20251225-p5nq2i.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.19353070175438594%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_98/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/faa30bce7c1529241eca327a1a638c6f219dd2a2",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f969a8f32a4888314620afed00939809",
            "title": "Cowalla bushfire: Fire comes dangerously close to a property in the Gingin area",
            "description": "A bushfire has come dangerously close to a property in the Gingin area.",
            "content": "A bushfire has come dangerously close to a property in the Gingin area.\nProperties in parts of The Shire of Gingin are under threat with residents ordered to evacuate on Thursday afternoon, as firefighters battle a bushfire north of Perth.\nThe Depart... [1328 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/bushfires/cowalla-bushfire-shire-of-gingin-residents-ordered-to-evacuate-as-firefighters-battle-raging-bushfire-c-21115758",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-21115758/638a1c3eba908fd70efc8a254ca1039e94b40873-16x9-x0y0w1920h1080.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T07:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "554a17c52ea5b34c83e1e5244c87a2a7",
            "title": "Police make emergency declaration after partial crane collapse on the Gold Coast on Christmas Day",
            "description": "The Queensland Ambulance Service says no-one is believed to have been injured as a result of the crane damage.",
            "content": "Police have made an emergency declaration after what appears to have been a partial crane collapse on the Gold Coast.\nEmergency services were called to the Gold Coast Highway at Southport at about 3:15pm on Thursday following reports of a crane and m... [2094 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/qld-crane-collapse-gold-coast-christmas-day/106178834",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e6e093b3e0bdf97be68aebcbae6753e6?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=345&cropW=614&xPos=0&yPos=82&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T07:18:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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