Home and Away's Felicity Newman confronted over lying to Tane Parata

 Mackenzie is unimpressed.

Home and Away's Felicity Newman faced a difficult situation on Australian screens on Tuesday, as Mackenzie Booth realised that she was lying to her husband Tane Parata.

Felicity has told Tane that she's ready to try for a baby with him, but she has been continuing to take her contraceptive pills without his knowledge.

The Summer Bay couple appear to be on different paths, with Tane desperate for a family and Felicity unsure whether it's what she wants at this stage in her life.

In Tuesday's episode on Channel 7, Mackenzie returned to work at Salt after a break to visit her brother Dean Thompson in Far North Queensland.

As Mac caught up with everything that had happened in her absence, Tane decided to let her know about his and Felicity's decision to start a family together.

Tane was clearly overjoyed over the news, but Mac noticed that Felicity appeared to be more hesitant.

All became clear to Mac when she went into the store room at Salt and found Felicity's hidden stash of pills.

Although Mac respected Felicity's right to take control of her own future, she couldn't understand why she wasn't being honest with Tane.

Under pressure to explain, Felicity protested that she was merely delaying things until she felt ready to get pregnant.

Felicity said: "We will start trying. The pill's just there to buy me some more time. Just until I get my head around being a mum."

When Mac pointed out that may never happen, Felicity replied: "I'm going to get there. I have to – starting a family is just too important to him."

Mac refused to back down and urged Felicity to stop lying, so Felicity finally told her husband that they needed to talk. Will she finally be honest with him?

Home and Away fans in the UK will see these scenes on Channel 5 early next year after the show's Christmas break.

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.45pm on Channel 5 and 6pm on 5STAR. First-look screenings air at 6.30pm on 5STAR and the show also streams on My5.