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Australia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 315646,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8e54d002dc320b1077d2358315749c4",
            "title": "‘We did nothing wrong’: Littleproud challenges Liberals to reinstate three rebel Nationals",
            "description": "Nationals leader David Littleproud would not say if he told Liberal leader Sussan Ley to resign, refusing to weigh into “delusional, petty games” as Liberals weigh a leadership contest.",
            "content": "January 25, 2026 — 4:14pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nNationals leader David Littleprou... [5866 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/we-did-nothing-wrong-littleproud-challenges-liberals-to-reinstate-three-rebel-nationals-20260125-p5nwtb.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2819%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_11%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b7eea0a22cb3c28369e0649a852a06dd313bdf7f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:14:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "theage.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8e7490e1df34fa8f39290323a04a6730",
            "title": "Lake Cargelligo shootings were over in minutes but the effects will echo through generations in a small NSW town",
            "description": "The town is awash now with rumour and innuendo, by the warped logic that actions so brutal must have been necessitated by an unforgivable slight",
            "content": "Sophie Quinn was sitting in a car with her partner, John Harris, outside a house in Lake Cargelligo on Thursday afternoon when a ute approached from the opposite direction.\nFrom the driver’s side window, at least three shots were fired, killing her a... [8707 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/25/lake-cargelligo-shootings-were-over-in-minutes-but-the-effects-will-echo-through-generations-in-a-small-nsw-town-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/683d1553d275a2f3133db8c5d8718b4452a9ec1f/169_0_1821_1457/master/1821.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=6f71deff24cad6518d3c92c5111f2ea3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "240ff0417da03ec80d9714660ffe00bd",
            "title": "Bull shark tagging and extra drones for NSW beaches following attacks",
            "description": "NSW coast and Sydney Harbour beachgoers can expect to see more drones in the sky after a $4.2 million investment into the state's shark management program in the wake of four shark attacks, including one fatal.",
            "content": "Beachgoers along the NSW coast and Sydney Harbour can expect to see more drones in the sky after a $4.2 million investment into the state's shark management program was announced in the wake of four shark attacks, one of them fatal.\nThe additional fu... [3601 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/sydney-bull-shark-tagging-program-and-extra-drones-nsw-beaches/106266896",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8554194ddb27aa581ae3172b7d91c8ff?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=461&cropW=820&xPos=0&yPos=78&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:05:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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