Oct 14, 2024 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Extreme environmental laws are hampering Gippsland infrastructure projects, risking lives and adding to the cost of living, according to local MP Darren Chester. Speaking in Federal Parliament, Mr Chester blamed the excessive restrictions on clearing native vegetation...
Oct 9, 2024 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Local Members of Parliament Martin Cameron and Darren Chester with Morwell resident Linda Prendergast. Following local feedback about rubbish accumulating in Waterhole Creek in Morwell, the MPs assembled a team to undertake their own community action day. Despite...
Jun 6, 2024 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News, Saving The Gippsland Lakes
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says an independent audit of the ecological health of the Gippsland Lakes would help to guide future management and practical environmental action throughout the catchment. Speaking in Federal Parliament, Mr Chester accused...
May 8, 2024 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Benambra-Dinner Plain-Omeo Landcare Group has planted close to 6,000 indigenous tree and shrub species across 25 sites to improve the health and ecological condition of rivers and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin as the catchment in that part of East Gippsland,...
Mar 7, 2024 | #myvalley, Building Community Infrastructure, Caring for the Environment, Latest News, News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has welcomed the decision by Recycling Victoria to award the first energy from waste licence to a Latrobe Valley project. Mr Chester, who successfully fought for a $48.2 million Federal Government grant for the Maryvale...
Apr 22, 2022 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Raymond Island’s koala population and native wildlife has received a major boost as part of a $1.3 million initiative funded by all levels of government. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has congratulated Raymond Island Landcare volunteers and friends who...
