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Nick Newling

Nick Newling

Nick Newling is a federal politics reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, reporting on political breaking news from Parliament House in Canberra.

Australia Post is suspending parcel deliveries into the US.

‘Utterly insane month’: Australia Post suspends business parcel shipments to US in tariff fallout

Business and retail packages will be halted from today after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on low-value parcels.

  • Nick Newling and David Swan

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The government is fast tracking assessments to push more housing into the construction pipeline.

AI and a new ‘strike team’ deployed to combat housing crisis

The federal government will fast track the assessment of 26,000 homes held up by delays in the environmental approval process as it tries to meet its targets.

  • Nick Newling
Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler announced the reforms this week at the National Press Club.

Medical bills could surge in unclear NDIS shake-up

As the government looks to rein in the NDIS and create new Medicare pathways for children, parents could face thousands in new costs.

  • Nick Newling
Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaking after the final day of the economic roundtable.

Chalmers revs up road user tax as he cites quick wins from roundtable

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed plans to slap EV drivers with road-user charges within months – and dozens of other reforms that might come from the roundtable.

  • Paul Sakkal, Shane Wright, Millie Muroi and Nick Newling
Health Minister Mark Butler has unveiled plans to support children with autism and curb the cost of the NDIS.

States blindsided by Butler’s plans for new scheme for autistic children

The federal government could redirect up to $100 billion over the next decade, if NDIS growth slows. But states must first step on board.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Newling
Minister for the NDIS Mark Butler at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

‘Not the right fit’: NDIS won’t take children with autism, developmental delay in $2b shift

NDIS Minister Mark Butler said a system called Thriving Kids would be in place to support children with autism and developmental delay from July 2027.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos, Nick Newling and Cassandra Morgan
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Pensions will fall as deeming rates are adjusted after over five years of no movement.

Plibersek axes Morrison-era deal to ringfence pensioner savings

After a five-year period of “artificially low” assumed earning rates, the government is preparing to return pension deeming rates to pre-pandemic levels.

  • Nick Newling
New One Nation senators Warwick Stacey (left) alongside Tyron Whitten, during the first sitting of parliament following their election.

One Nation senator resigns just three months after election

One of the party’s two new senators, Warwick Stacey, has quit because of unspecified health issues, creating a vacancy in NSW.

  • Nick Newling
Former Qantas worker Anne Guirguis speaks to media outside the Federal Court after Qantas was fined $90 million for unlawfully sacking staff at the start of COVID.

Qantas fined $90m in landmark ruling that could embolden unions

Justice Michael Lee has ordered that $50 million be paid directly to the Transport Workers’ Union as part of the largest fine under workplace law in Australian corporate history.

  • Chris Zappone and Nick Newling
Guan Yin Citta Buddhist association leader, Master Jun Hong Lu. Lu died in 2021.

‘Rudd was Chinese’: The strange beliefs of the fringe group allegedly targeted by Beijing

Former PM Kevin Rudd was a Chinese man in a past life, according to a Buddhist group allegedly targeted by the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Nick Newling and Brittany Busch