Jan 10, 2019 | Improving Rural Health, Latest News
Young people in Gippsland will benefit from a $47 million Federal Government funding boost for youth mental health. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester welcomed the additional funding for Headspace to build services and deliver a new youth mental health...
Jan 10, 2019 | Latest News, Putting Locals First
The Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has urged locals and holiday makers to continue to take extra care around water as the National Summer Drowning Toll reaches 53, including five lives lost near Paynesville and at Cape Schanck and Phillip Island. The toll...
Jan 9, 2019 | Improving Rural Health, Latest News
The Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has welcomed news a local builder will construct the first stage of a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre near Bairnsdale. Mr Chester, who secured $3 million of Federal Government money to build the...
Jan 8, 2019 | Latest News, Putting Locals First
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has defended the jobs of power station workers in the Latrobe Valley from a Victorian Greens campaign to begin closing Yallourn and phase out all coal-fired plants by 2030. Describing the Greens policy position as ‘reckless,...
Jan 7, 2019 | Latest News
Surf Life Saving Lakes Entrance volunteers will be able to build new storage facilities with the help of a Federal Government grant. Local MP Darren Chester said the $8850 from the #lovegippsland Stronger Communities Program would boost the club’s own fundraising...
