Apr 27, 2020 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester says social distancing measures could be eased sooner if enough people have the coronavirus tracing app operating on their phones. Mr Chester is encouraging as many Gippslanders as possible to download the COVIDSafe app to their smart phones to...
Apr 27, 2020 | Improving Rural Health, Latest News
The first of six respiratory assessment clinics planned for Gippsland to help fight illnesses such as coronavirus has today opened in Warragul. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said further clinics would open in Morwell, Sale and Bairnsdale in his...
Apr 27, 2020 | Latest News
Furnell, south of Cann River, will receive a new mobile telephone tower to help combat service blackspots. The Telstra tower will be built with funding secured under round five of the Federal Government’s Mobile Blackspot Program. Local MP Darren Chester said the...
Apr 27, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a community proposal to create a strategic fire break along the Princes Highway from Nowa Nowa to the New South Wales border. The Orbost and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry has proposed extensive...
Apr 27, 2020 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester has congratulated Gippslanders for respectfully commemorating Anzac Day at home. As Veterans’ Affairs Minister and Member for Gippsland, Mr Chester normally spends the day attending as many major commemorative events and local Gippsland...