Natarsha Belling (born 29 May 1970) is an Australian journalist. Belling has previously worked at

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as a television presenter, news presenter and reporter. She spent over two decades with the company until being made redundant in August 2020.

Early life and education

Belling was born and raised in

Mudgee Mudgee is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being th ...

in the Orana region of

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. She often visits the town with her family and has philanthropic connections with the region. She was a boarder at

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in Sydney. Belling attended

Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain Charles Napier Sturt, a British explorer w ...

Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst () is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west-northwest of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council. Bathurst is the oldest inland settlement in ...

and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) degree.

Career

Prior to joining

, Belling was a reporter with

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, and was a presenter with the

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in Darwin. She then joined 10, originally as a medical reporter.

Network 10

In 2007, Belling became the national presenter of '' 10 Morning News'', replacing

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. She read the news on Wednesdays to Fridays (with Ron Wilson presenting on Mondays and Tuesdays). From May 2009 through to 2012, Belling presented the bulletin from Monday to Wednesday. Belling was also a fill-in co-host for

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on Ten's former morning show ''

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''. Also in May 2009, Belling replaced Bill Woods on ''10 Weekend News'''','' upon returning from maternity leave. In October 2011,

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joined Belling on a revamped version of ''10 News Weekend'', along with former '' Sports Tonight'' weekend presenter Rob Canning and meteorologist

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. In late 2012, ''10 Weekend News'' was returned to a solo presented bulletin with Belling in the role. Canning also resigned from the network after 12 years and Roze also eventually resigned. In mid-2013

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replaced Belling on ''10 Weekend News'', as Belling was promoted to co-present the new ''Wake Up'' breakfast program. In mid-2014, ''Wake Up'' was axed and Belling took leave and wasn't given a permanent position again for some time, filling-in and having various guest roles. Belling returned to ''10 Weekend News'' in 2015. Her final 10 Weekend News bulletin was on December 16, 2018. In 2010, Belling presented brief news updates on '' The Circle'', headlining the latest news on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. In July 2012, Belling was appointed Thursday and Friday news presenter on ''

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'' which, due to poor ratings, was cancelled in December 2012. In July 2013, Belling was appointed co-host of

's new breakfast show '' Wake Up'' with

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and

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. Within a short time the program lost about 50% of its audience share by November 2013 rated lower than ''Breakfast'', the show Ten cancelled the year before because of low ratings. Belling was a regular fill in for Sarah Harris on ''Studio 10'' and

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on ''The Project''. She also had a short stint hosting ''The Sunday Project'' until she was replaced by

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. Belling's major ''

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'' fill-in stints were when host Sarah Harris took leave to marry her fiancé, host a local edition of '' Shark Tank Australia'' and when she was on maternity leave giving birth to her sons in 2015 and 2017. In December 2018, it was announced that Belling would join ''

'' as a news presenter. She has been working in this role from the beginning of 2019 and when Sarah Harris is not in attendance, Belling hosts the show for the day. Other panel members include

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, and

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. In August 2020, Belling was made redundant by Network 10, bringing to an end a career of over two decades with the network. Along with her, other Ten News presenters including Tim Bailey, Rebecca Morse and Kerri-Anne Kennerley were also made redundant.

Southern Cross Austereo

On 17 November 2020, Belling announced that she would be fronting a new podcast, ''Your Morning Agenda.'' The podcast fall under

Southern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio station ...

's news podcast product suite and its commitment to deliver the most up to date news and current affairs for listeners. This daily news podcast will deliver the top breaking news stories every morning covering national and international, news and sport with a clear focus on business and finance from 6:30am. As a passionate advocate for rural Australia, Belling announced her new role as the co-host and newsreader on ''Australia Today'', through the Listnr app with Steve Price. The broadcast began on 6 April 2021, with episodes streaming on weekdays between 7 – 10am. In November 2022, it was announced that Belling would join

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and

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as a newsreader on ''Molloy and MG in the Morning'' on

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Seven Network

Four months after being made redundant by

, Belling joined the

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as a panelist and appears weekly on '' The Morning Show'' as a panelist to discuss current topics of interest, in the 'What's The Buzz' segment. Natarsha has also filled in on '' The Morning Show'', ''Seven's Early News'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Belling is married to Glen Sealey who is currently working as the general manager for

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Australia. They have two sons, Harry (b. 2007) and Hugo (b. 2009)

References

External links

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Profile at Network Ten
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