October 17, 2026
Night of awards for Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club The Bush Turkeys youth group members. Photo: Shannon Richmond.
Event

Night of awards for Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club

The Bush Turkeys youth group members. Photo: Shannon Richmond. Max Fortunaso received the inaugural RSL sub-Branch Cadet Award from Terry Munright. Photo: Shannon Richmond. Nat Skelly, David Lau and Peta Shelton were rewarded for their services to the Surf Club this past season. Photo: Shannon Richmond. Tony Howard was presented with ‘Club Person of the […]

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The Write Direction: Confusing Budget logic
The Write Direction

The Write Direction: Confusing Budget logic

THE Treasurer handed down his Budget with the theme of correcting the intergenerational imbalance on housing. He used this excuse to introduce new taxes in order to reduce his government’s borrowing crisis. The theory is that the older generation invests in housing by adopting legal methods of ownership such as negatively gearing their finance, then […]

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Stinker’s Fishin’: The mullet run has started
Fishing

Stinker’s Fishin’: The mullet run has started

Commercial fishermen prepare mullet bait for the coming lobster season. Commercial fishers wait patiently for the mullet to arrive. NOW is the time to witness one of the most amazing displays of nature that continues annually along all beaches from the NSW South Coast into Southeast Queensland – the “mullet run”. Millions of mullet, in […]

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National speaking platform for Lions’ Youth of the Year Deena Clemson Deena with her Lions support crew. Photo: supplied.
Community, School

National speaking platform for Lions’ Youth of the Year Deena Clemson

Deena with her Lions Youth of the Year State Finalist trophy. Photo: supplied. Deena with her Lions support crew. Photo: supplied. Trophies from the Lions District 201N3 Youth of the Year competition. Photo: supplied. Tea Gardens Lions heard Deena’s award winning speech at their May meeting. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. LOCAL youth Deena Clemson has been […]

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Hawks’ season starts to take off after third consecutive win Ryan Saunders let nothing and no-one stand in his way. Photo: supplied.
Sport

Hawks’ season starts to take off after third consecutive win

Ryan Saunders let nothing and no-one stand in his way. Photo: supplied. Benny Taylor ran the hard yards against the Abermain Hawks. Photo: supplied. Charlie Graham heading for the tryline. Photo: supplied. THE Tea Gardens Hawks men are celebrating three consecutive wins so far this season, with the biggest victory on Sunday 17 May against […]

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Lyne MP’s response to Federal Budget
Government

Lyne MP’s response to Federal Budget

NATIONALS Member for Lyne Alison Penfold has called the Labor Government’s Federal Budget a “bloodbath for regional Australia”. In her response to Labor’s Federal Budget, delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on 12 May, Ms Penfold said regional and rural communities like those in Lyne had been left behind. “Budgets can make or break the ability […]

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Tax, migration and NDIS in coalition’s economic sights Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has unveiled his economic vision in a budget reply. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
Regional

Tax, migration and NDIS in coalition’s economic sights

AUSTRALIA’S tax system would be overhauled, welfare restricted to citizens and immigration slashed under a future coalition government. In his first budget reply speech, Angus Taylor has conceded the Liberals and Nationals still have a long road to win back the confidence of voters, but asked Australians to “begin to believe again”. The opposition leader […]

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Community push begins for Tea Gardens cemetery improvements Lesley Turner, Judith Glover and Bruce Murray beside one of the damaged cemetery signs identified during the inspection.
Community

Community push begins for Tea Gardens cemetery improvements

A STRONG show of cooperation between community groups and MidCoast Council has sparked fresh momentum for long-term improvements at the historic Tea Gardens Cemetery. Representatives from Council, the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA), and Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History Group (TGFRLHG) met on site this week to inspect the cemetery and […]

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