Sep 15, 2023 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester this week announced Longford Primary School and Mallacoota and District Historical Society would receive grants under the Saluting Their Service (STS) program. The STS program is available to organisations for commemorative...
Aug 11, 2022 | Latest News
I welcome the interim report by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide and acknowledge many of the recommendations are entirely consistent with the bipartisan direction being taken by the previous Federal Government to improve outcomes for defence force...
Sep 9, 2021 | Latest News
Former Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer Dale Potter from Seaspray, is amongst the first people to receive a psychiatric trained assistance dog from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). Mr Potter, who had a distinguished career in Victoria Police and the...
Apr 1, 2021 | Latest News
Gippsland Ex-Service Organisations (ESO) can now apply for Federal Government funding through the 2021 Building Excellence in Support and Training grants round. Federal Member for Gippsland and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester encouraged local...
Apr 1, 2021 | Latest News
On Wednesday March 31 2021, the Royal Australian Air Force celebrated its centenary. Federal Member for Gippsland and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel attended events in Canberra to mark the day including the Australian War Memorial’s Last Post...
