Nov 30, 2011 | Improving Rural Health
December 1, 2011 National Asbestos Awareness Week has coincided with the launch of the Parliamentary Group on Asbestos Related Disease (PGARD) which is being supported by Gippsland MPs Russell Broadbent and Darren Chester. PGARD is an apolitical group which is open to...
Nov 28, 2011 | Helping Communities Rebuild
November 29, 2011 The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has urged the Federal Government to improve mobile phone coverage in communities subject to serious bushfire threat in the region. Mr Chester has told Parliament that he has safety concerns for...
Nov 24, 2011 | In Parliament - 2011
CARBON PRICINGNovember 23, 2011Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (12:29): I fear that the Latrobe Valley is about to pay a very heavy price for the Labor Party’s deal with the Greens to deliver a carbon tax that will not change the temperature of the planet but will cost...
Nov 24, 2011 | In Parliament - 2011
MOBILE PHONE COVERAGENovember 22, 2011Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (16:13): I rise to raise my concerns on behalf of several small communities in my electorate which do not have access to reliable mobile phone coverage. In doing so, I call on the government to reintroduce a...
Nov 23, 2011 | 2011 Archive
NATIONALS SIGN UP EARLY FOR CORPORATE TRIATHLON November 23, 2011 The Nationals have been among the first teams to sign up to compete in the 2012 Corporate Teams Triathlon. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has again enlisted Senator for Victoria Bridget...