Jul 6, 2020 | Latest News
Gipplsanders have had a $200 million win in the long fight to secure funding for the Princes Highway duplication. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester today said the Federal Government was providing $202.6 million to complete the duplication of the Princes...
Jul 6, 2020 | Latest News
Nowa Nowa Community Development Group is among the groups from across Australia to share more than $2.2 million through the Saluting Their Service commemorative grants program. Federal Member for Gippsland and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester has...
Jul 6, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says subsidised telehealth services introduced during the coronavirus pandemic should continue to be funded through Medicare. The Federal Government expanded Medicare-subsidised telehealth services for all Australians in...
Jul 2, 2020 | Latest News
It’s not every day an artist approaches you to be the subject of his entry for the Archibald Prize. But that’s how local MP Darren Chester this week found himself having his portrait sketched by Robert Milton, an artist and a veteran from Bendigo. Mr Chester worked at...
Jul 2, 2020 | Latest News
When Bairnsdale’s Nell Jubb heard the shearing stands were to be replaced at the Omeo Recreation Reserve, she knew she had just the thing to finish off the renovation. Two things, actually. You see, 86-year-old Nell is rather gifted when it comes to creating...
Jul 1, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has slammed today’s decision by Bunnings to stop sourcing timber from VicForests. “It is extraordinary that Bunnings would make this premature decision without any genuine consultation with its local suppliers and jeopardise...
