Jul 27, 2020 | Latest News
A major restoration of Bairnsdale’s heritage-listed cenotaph moved another step forward today with a de-consecration ceremony held ahead of the beginning of site work. Local MP Darren Chester, who is also the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, attended the ceremony held...
Jul 27, 2020 | Latest News
Community groups in bushfire-affected areas of Gippsland can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help rebuild and repair their facilities destroyed or damaged in the summer bushfires. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is urging eligible volunteer and...
Jul 24, 2020 | Latest News
The multi-million dollar project to transform the Esplanade in Lakes Entrance into a safer and more welcoming and attractive precinct is about to enter its final stages. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said work on one of the last major components of the...
Jul 23, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has welcomed progress on the replacement of a historic piece of infrastructure destroyed in the summer bushfires in far East Gippsland. Mr Chester said the destruction of the 93-year-old footbridge in Genoa had greatly...
Jul 23, 2020 | #myvalley, Latest News
Work to seal a seven-kilometre section of the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail between Traralgon and Glengarry is nearing completion. It will be the second of two federally-funded projects along the rail trail to be finished in the past few months. Federal Member for...