Feb 17, 2009 | Fighting For Pensioners
February 18, 2009 The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is calling for the Government to subsidise the cost of set-top boxes for pensioners to access free-to-air television. Since the Gippsland bushfires damaged the Mt Tassie transmission tower, many...
Feb 17, 2009 | Working With Farmers
February 17, 2009 The campaign to extend Exceptional Circumstances (EC) drought assistance to the Latrobe Valley has taken a step forward, with news that the State and Federal Agriculture Ministers will fly in for a personal inspection this week. The Nationals Member...
Feb 17, 2009 | Helping Communities Rebuild
February 13, 2009 Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull repeated his pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to help communities like Gippsland recover from the horrific bushfires. Mr Turnbull toured the worst-affected areas of the region on Friday following an...
Feb 16, 2009 | Helping Communities Rebuild
February 16, 2009 The Federal Leader of The Nationals Warren Truss will inspect fire affected parts of the Latrobe Valley and Yarram during a visit to the region on Wednesday (February 18, 2009). Mr Truss will join a team of The Nationals MPs as guest speaker at a...
Feb 16, 2009 | Helping Communities Rebuild
February 16, 2009 The Nationals Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, has today invited the Governor-General and Prime Minister to visit the region and inspect fire affected areas. Mr Chester said it was important that our nation’s leaders gained a first hand...
