Tea Tree Turns 200

The Tea Tree community is celebrating 200 years at an event at the Tea Tree Community Hall in September. Since 1823, the Tea Tree settlement has grown and flourished into a thriving community who are proud to be celebrating their bicentennial milestone.

All are welcome to join the celebrations which start at 2pm on 9 September at the Tea Tree Community Hall, 596 Tea Tree Road, Tea Tree. Food and drinks will be available to buy. For more information, head to www.teatreecommunity.com.

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As a Council, we have now approved the budget for 2023-24 and have a busy year ahead of us. As we’ve witnessed this year, many municipal areas around Tasmania have seen rates increase substantially. I’m pleased to advise that our rates have, once again, been kept to a minimum despite the escalation of costs.

For many years, our policy at Brighton Council has been to raise rates in line with CPI. We continue to do that. On average our residential rates will increase by just $70 in total, less than $1.50 per week. And we’re pleased to be able to continue to offer the lowest rates in Tasmania to assist our community to manage soaring household expenses.