Mar 27, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a $3 million bid for funding to replace the Bullock Island bridge at Lakes Entrance. The East Gippsland Shire Council is planning to replace the bridge which provides a critical link between the Lakes Entrance...
Mar 25, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Gippsland Rail, Latest News
Construction is well underway on the new rail bridge at Stratford as part of the $530 million upgrade of the Gippsland line. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester stopped at the viewing area at Apex Park recently to check progress on the new bridge across the...
Mar 25, 2020 | Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
Work is now underway to restore the oval at Heyfield Primary School so it is safe for students to use when they return to school. Drought has created potholes and bare patches on the oval, creating a hazard for the school’s 195 pupils who like to run and play ball...
Mar 25, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester says work to seal a section of the Bonang Highway must get underway as a priority bushfire and Coronavirus recovery project. Mr Chester said local residents had waited for too long for 12 kilometres of the highway between Goongerah and Bonang,...
Mar 18, 2020 | A History of Misconduct
Michael West’s recent report, ‘A History of Misconduct: The Case for a Federal ICAC’. The Australian Government condemns corruption in all its forms. Accordingly, the Government has a robust, multi-faceted approach to combating corruption in the federal public sector....
