FIRED-UP independents are vowing to stonewall controversial electoral reforms and use any leverage in a hung parliament to rebalance the scales. The reforms include a campaign spending cap of $800,000 per electorate but registered political parties will be able to…
MATS that allow people with mobility issues to access Bennetts Beach are at risk of being removed, as the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club (TGHN SLSC) struggles to keep them usable. The SLSC’s liability for the mats…
ABSTRACT art was the topic of the first Myall U3A Art Group gathering for 2025 on Monday 3 February in the Tea Gardens Baptist Church hall. The teacher for the day, Carolyn Fredericks, who goes by ‘Aquaa’, led more than…
BLUEBOTTLES have plagued swimmers along the coast this summer, with Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach the site of a wave of incidents. The marine stingers, each of which is a colony of four separate organisms called “zooids”, are generally carried in…
PETER Thomson, lead curator at Newcastle Art Gallery, will judge the 2025 Anderson Art Award competition. “Peter joined Newcastle Art Gallery in early 2023 in anticipation of the gallery’s reimagined and expanded operations,” said Anderson Art Award coordinator Ian Morphett.…
AFTER allegedly absconding from a Swan Bay rehab facility and being arrested aboard a yacht about 3000km away, a man accused of drug trafficking now faces almost a year in custody before he goes to trial. Hussein Chamas, 35, has…
ARTISTS from the Tea Gardens Galleries in the Gardens (GiG) have donated to the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Brigade, reinforcing the strong connections between community groups in the Myall Coast. GiG President Anne Stewart visited the Pindimar/Tea Gardens RFS station…
MIDCOAST councillors have voted overwhelmingly against a motion which sought to remove the Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country from Council meetings. The motion was brought to Council by Cr Michael Graham, who represents the Libertarian Party. Advertise with…
RESIDENTS around Karuah were the thankful recipients of assistance offered by the Tea Gardens Red Cross and New Life Community Relief groups, in the wake of destructive storms on 18 January. The area in front of the Karuah Centre became…
A HIGHLIGHT of the year for all the kids and their parents, in and around Nelson Bay, was the Annual Picnic Day. From what I have gathered any visitors arriving in Nelson Bay on that day must have thought that…