Dec 6, 2015 | 2015 Archive
December 6, 2015 Communities across Australia that are suffering the impact of ice and other drugs will be provided with a range of tools and resources to tackle the problem locally. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the Nationals-Liberals Coalition...
Dec 6, 2015 | 2015 Archive
December 4, 2015 Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has called for more drug rehabilitation services and community-based strategies to tackle the growing prevalence of the drug ice and other illicit substances. Mr Chester said he was alarmed by a Crime...
Dec 2, 2015 | In Parliament - 2015
November 30, 2015 Mr CHESTER (Gippsland—Assistant Minister for Defence) (19:24): I appreciate the opportunity to speak on behalf of Gippslanders in relation to the terror attacks in Paris and to follow my good friend the member for McMillan in this place. Much has...
Dec 2, 2015 | Latest Speeches
November 30, 2015 Mr CHESTER (Gippsland—Assistant Minister for Defence) (12:43): I welcome the opportunity to speak in relation to the Defence Legislation Amendment (First Principles) Bill 2015. Of course, following the honourable member for Paterson, it would be...
Dec 2, 2015 | In Parliament - 2015
December 1, 2015 Mr CHESTER (Gippsland—Assistant Minister for Defence) (15:26): What a sad and embarrassing spectacle we have just witnessed. It is with overwhelming sadness that I see before me the hollowed-out wreck of what was a grand old party of Australian...