Nov 16, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
LANDCARENovember 16, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (6.55 pm) — I rise to highlight my concerns with the federal government’s failure to commit to ongoing funding for Landcare facilitators in the Gippsland region. It is an issue that I have raised previously and directly...
Nov 16, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
GIPPSLAND ETHNICS COMMUNITY COUNCIL CULTURAL CENTRE AND MUSEUMNovember 16, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (6.52 pm) — I rise to express my support for the construction of a new cultural centre and museum, as proposed by the Gippsland Ethnics Community Council. In 2007 the...
Nov 16, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
APOLOGY TO FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANSNovember 16, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (5.19 pm) — It is an honour to rise on this historic occasion to support, on behalf of Gippslanders, this apology to the forgotten Australians and former child migrants and also record my personal...
Nov 12, 2009 | 2009 Archive
$1.5M SQUASH AND TABLE TENNIS CENTRE OPENS IN BAIRNSDALE November 12, 2009 A new squash and table tennis centre has opened in Bairnsdale this week following a long-standing community campaign. The $1.5 million facility at the Lucknow Recreation Reserve features 12...
Nov 10, 2009 | Protecting Local Jobs
November 10, 2009 A secret report commissioned by the Rudd Labor Government has warned of a grim future for coal-fired power stations and vindicates growing fears of job losses in the Latrobe Valley as a result of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)....
