Jun 6, 2024 | Latest News
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 | 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,...
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...
Sep 28, 2021 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester is encouraging Gippslanders to have their say as part of the review of the National Landcare Program. Mr Chester said this was the second five-year review to help inform the future of the program. “Landcare provides on ground practical action...
Aug 16, 2021 | Latest News
Nearly 20 projects in East Gippsland will receive funding to aid the recovery of native wildlife and habitat severely impacted by the 2019/20 black summer bushfires. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester welcomed the announcement of more than $3.8 million in...
