Apr 28, 2010 | Protecting Local Jobs
April 28, 2010 The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says it remains to be seen whether the Federal Government’s promise to provide an additional $40 million to the Calera project at Yallourn, ever comes to fruition. Mr Chester has cautiously welcomed the...
Apr 28, 2010 | Protecting Local Jobs
April 28, 2010 The Rudd Labor Government still plans to introduce a massive new tax that would cost up to 3000 jobs in Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley, according to The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester said the Labor Party’s decision to defer...
Apr 26, 2010 | Better Childcare Services
April 23, 2010 Gippsland families in need of childcare services have been let down by a Rudd Labor Government decision to abandon its election promise to build 260 childcare centres across Australia. The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has expressed his...
Apr 23, 2010 | Building Safer Roads, Fixing Country Roads
April 23, 2010 The Nationals are aiming to build community pressure in the fight to reduce the road toll on the Princes Highway east of Sale. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester and candidate for Gippsland East Tim Bull are working in partnership to highlight...
Apr 22, 2010 | 2010 Archive
ESSO JOBS FOR THE LONGER TERM April 23, 2010 Esso Australia has discovered another oil and gas well off Golden Beach, which could significantly extend the life of the existing Bass Strait fields. The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said new discoveries...