Sep 21, 2022 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has welcomed the focus on sustainable jobs in East Gippsland Shire Council’s position paper on ‘Native Timber Harvesting in East Gippsland’. The document adds weight to community demands for the Premier Dan Andrews to...
Aug 18, 2022 | Latest News
Gippsland’s sustainable timber industry is essential for local jobs and to bolster the local manufacturing and construction industries according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester toured Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) with Minister for...
Apr 22, 2022 | Latest News, Protecting Local Jobs
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has told a Timber Towns Victoria Roundtable ‘we need to keep fighting to save our timber industry because people and wildlife die in poorly managed forests’ Speaking at a forum in Heyfield this week, Mr Chester urged TTV to...
Feb 1, 2022 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester recently visited Alberton Timber and Treatment Plant to inspect the new peeling plant and hear about the operation’s expansion. Mr Chester said the plant had just undergone a $1 million upgrade with the Federal Government providing $550,000 for...
Oct 22, 2021 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is challenging Victorian Labor politicians to reject the Andrews Government plan to shutdown the native hardwood timber industry by 2030. Speaking in Federal Parliament, Mr Chester said he supported a sustainable timber...
