Dec 22, 2021 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester (left) with Abi Wills and Matt Kennedy from Envite Environment at Nowa Nowa where a rare species of callistemon is being mapped and protected. The Boggy Creek Bottlebrush is a rare species found on rock-bars in a limited...
Dec 3, 2021 | Latest News
All levels of government have been challenged to stop making excuses and get on with the job of delivering bushfire recovery projects in East Gippsland. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has told Federal Parliament that he is frustrated by the failures to...
Sep 23, 2021 | Latest News
The Federal Government is backing away from a plan which would have short-changed bushfire impacted communities in East Gippsland, according to local MP Darren Chester. Mr Chester said he had received a letter from Emergency Management Minister Bridget McKenzie...
Aug 25, 2021 | Latest News
East Gippsland community groups will be ‘ripped off’ if the Federal Government doesn’t boost the region’s allocation under the $280 million ‘Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program’, according to Federal MP Darren Chester. Mr Chester joined with State MP Tim...
Aug 23, 2021 | Latest News
The Federal Government is backing local landholders and communities in East Gippsland to lead the way in bushfire recovery through a $1 million grant to support the regeneration of impacted plants and animals. Not-for-profit organisation Trust for Nature will...
