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Moruya River. With holiday traffic slowing up, we can finally start to take stock of a fairly busy Xmas period. A big thank you to everyone that paid us a visit over the holiday period, it was much needed and very much appreciated. Taking a look at the sea surface temperatures this morning, wow is all I can say! That northerly warm current is fairly ripping down the coast, bring water temps way up. There are s ll a few pockets of cooler water stuck along the coast, but for the main, temps are up. The flathead and bream have been on the chew this week, with most areas holding fish. The airport flats for good flathead and the odd whi ng, the oyster racks and any structure for good bream, and the weed beds for good estuary perch. Preddy’s wharf has seen several nice fish to entertain a lot of visi ng families, while theses bigger fish are generally the excep on, the local wharfs are a great place to start a young angler on their life me fishing journey. They offer a safe loca on and lots of school sized fish that young anglers can learn the art of fishing on. Small hooks, very li le weight and a bait that stays on the hook, will keep everyone entertained. Further up the river, the town bridge and the flats under it have been holding all the usual suspects, with bream, whi ng, flathead, estuary perch and the odd Trevally all readily available. Up in the fresh, the sweet water guys are having a heap of fun on bass, with the cicadas in fine voice on those hot summer evenings. Tuross River. Plenty of whitebait in the river, has seen good flathead yet again on the chew, with a few mulloway also joining the dinner invita on. Whitebait has been the bait of choice obviously, so much so that several bait freezers have sold out this week. Good news, we have it back in stock. I prefer to fish my white bait on a small gang of hooks, as it can be a very so bait, and prone to being picked off, the gang hooks offer protec on if there are any tailor around also. Four ways has seen some nice bream in the snags and flathead on the drop offs and flats being taken, not to forget the chance of Mr mulloway in the deeper holes. The metal bridge at Bodalla con nues to see the bream holding on all the available snags that line the river bank along this sec on, with a good mix of estuary perch up around the Bumbo creek intersec on. Whi ng and flathead are also available on the rivers copious sand flats. Rock and beach. There con nue to be good salmon on the beaches this week, with several small bronze whaler sharks caught and released around Pedro point as well. With the warming currents now in full effect, the whi ng and bream can be reliably chased using live nippers, pipis and worms as baits in the gu ers in close to the shore line. Moruya breakwall has s ll been the focus for a lot of anglers chasing a few salmon, trevally, bream and flathead. The rocks at south head con nue to hold a few drummer, and what has been speculated at as bonito brought down with the warm currents. Fish early for the these fun li le tuna, with cast lures being very effec ve in fooling them. As with all tuna, bleed them straight away, and enjoy a very firm white flesh. Offshore. The run of Marlin for the game boats con nue to ramp up, with many more boats out this week, and several fish caught tagged and released. The flathead have been happy to oblige the inshore crews, while the snapper will be heading to slightly deeper cooler waters of around 50m now that the warm currents have really kicked in. Weather wise, looks like we are in for a bit more rain on Sunday leading into Monday, with the wind looking to top out at under 20ks, which will make a more comfortable change this weekend. Mid 20’s for day me temps, not too hot not too cold. The swells are dropping to almost non existent this weekend, so boa ng looks to be on the cards for those wan ng to get out this weekend. As always, check the weather condi ons before heading out, as we all know you can’t really trust what the BoM tells us. On a side note, we are again looking for someone to join the Tackle World Moruya team on a weekend casual basis. We are ideally looking for some a bit more senior, as being able to work alone on the weekends will be required. If this is something you may be interested in or know of someone that would be suited, please get in contact with me in store. Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…” Team Tackle World Moruya.

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Government Programs Having an Impact

With the start of the new year, we are now seeing the impact of some of the recent government programs which affect the property market. At a Federal Government level, it is reported that hundreds of families are coming into the new year in a new home thanks to the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee being launched three months earlier than planned by the Albanese government. The program commenced on the 1st October and since then 1,200 Australians have been able to buy a new home in regional areas as a result of the government assistance. The program enables eligible first home buyers to get up to 15% of government guarantee, to purchase a property with a deposit as li le as 5% to avoid lenders mortgage insurance. They can therefore borrow up to 95% of the property’s value with the federal government providing the lender with a guarantee of up to 15% of the property’s price. The scheme was ini ally announced in the lead up to last year’s elec on and was fast-tracked to get it up and running as quickly as possible.

In addi on to the above program, the Federal Government has released dra legisla on to establish the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. This fund aims to deliver 30,000 new social and affordable homes in the fund’s first five years. This includes 4,000 homes for women and children impacted by family and domes c violence or older women at risk of homelessness.

At a State Government level, the NSW first homebuyers land tax scheme came into effect from the 16th January. First me home owners who bought property in the past two months and now want to opt into the NSW government's land tax scheme will have their stamp duty refunded within two weeks. The program allows first homebuyers to choose between paying stamp duty or an annual land tax on proper es up to $1.5 million. Revenue NSW es mates that 2,500 people are likely to ask for a retrospec ve refund of their stamp duty and pay an annual fee instead. Premier Dominic Perro et said, "This na onal-first will significantly reduce up-front costs, reduce the me needed to save for a deposit and will see most first homebuyers pay less tax overall." Under the scheme a home owner will pay $400 plus 0.3% of the land value each year.

NSW Labor has opposed the change, announcing they would scrap the scheme if elected in March and have revealed its counter-policy, promising to abolish stamp duty on homes up to $800,000 and provide a reduced rate on homes up to $1 million.