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Sale’s Seed Lakeside Community Garden gets funding

Sale’s Seed Lakeside Community Garden gets funding

Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, congratulates the Seed Lakeside Community Garden members, Maree and Sonya, on receiving $2500 from the Federal Government’s Volunteer Grants Program to purchase an outdoor waterproof defibrillator. Seed Lakeside Community...
PLANTING TREES FOR THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE

PLANTING TREES FOR THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE

Local organisations and community groups can now apply to be a part of the Planting Trees for the Queen’s Jubilee program. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester invited interested groups to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) to his office for potential...

FUNDING FOR SHOWS AND FIELD DAYS

Round two of the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program opens on January 28, 2022. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the funding would support show societies with a much-needed cash injection after another year of disruptions. “Show...
BUSHFIRE FUND ‘RIP OFF’ MAY BE AVOIDED

BUSHFIRE FUND ‘RIP OFF’ MAY BE AVOIDED

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...