Mar 1, 2021 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the Victorian Government had finally signed up to the On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme, allowing funds to again flow to Gippsland farmers. The Federal Government has provided $100 million for the...
Jan 19, 2021 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is calling on Premier Daniel Andrews to bring in more Pacific workers to help address the seasonal farm worker shortage in the Victorian agricultural sector. Mr Chester wrote to the Premier in December expressing the...
Oct 1, 2020 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester is encouraging Gippslanders to seek a share of a $10 million fund to help prepare for future droughts. Farmer groups and organisations as well as individual producers can now apply for grants of between $20,000 and $200,000 to improve the...
Aug 20, 2020 | Latest News
An important stage of a $155 million infrastructure modernisation project designed to save water and improve productivity in the Macalister Irrigation District (MID) is now operational. Local MP Darren Chester said the completion of this final stage of the first phase...
Jun 29, 2020 | Latest News
Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says funding to study further irrigation opportunities in the heart of Gippsland is a great win for local farmers. “I met with Latrobe River irrigators this week and agree there is enormous potential for future growth in the...
