Dec 22, 2020 | Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester has announced the Federal Government will invest $1.7 million in an innovative advanced manufacturing facility in Heyfield to secure and create local jobs. Mr Chester said Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) would use the money to establish...
Sep 25, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has thrown his support behind efforts to uncover the reasons behind a State Government decision to halt all native timber logging by 2030. The Native Timber Taskforce (NTT) has lodged a Freedom of Information request to the...
Jul 21, 2020 | Latest News
The Alberton Timber and Treatment Plant is nearing the end of a two-year $1.25 million dollar expansion to install a post peeling facility to increase efficiency and create local jobs. The new post peeling facility, built at the plant on the South Gippsland Highway in...
Jul 1, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has slammed today’s decision by Bunnings to stop sourcing timber from VicForests. “It is extraordinary that Bunnings would make this premature decision without any genuine consultation with its local suppliers and jeopardise...
Jun 26, 2020 | Latest News
Gippsland’s timber industry will benefit from additional support as it recovers from the 2019-20 bushfires, Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said today. Mr Chester said the industry had been one of the hardest hit over summer and the measures would provide critical...
