{"id":1442,"date":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2012\/06\/15\/putting-locals-first-critical-to-regions-future\/"},"modified":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","slug":"putting-locals-first-critical-to-regions-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/putting-locals-first-critical-to-regions-future\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018PUTTING LOCALS FIRST\u2019 CRITICAL TO REGION\u2019S FUTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>June 14, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is initiating a major advertising and marketing campaign which is aimed at creating jobs in the lead up to the introduction of the carbon tax.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester has launched the \u2018Putting Locals First\u2019 campaign which will include television and print advertising that highlights the value of small businesses to the regional economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gippsland small business sector is the engine room of our economy and a key driver in job creation,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful small businesses are critical to regional communities where in addition to providing goods or services and creating employment they are major supporters of local schools, community groups and sporting clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy Putting Locals First at every opportunity, we can support the businesses which support our region. It\u2019s an investment in the future that will deliver long-term benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alternative of shopping online or travelling to Melbourne to make purchases will cost jobs and undermine our region\u2019s future prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the marketing initiative, Mr Chester is also surveying the local business community to receive feedback on the impact of government policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking local business owners to provide their ideas on ways to reduce red tape and allow businesses to prosper,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will use their feedback to help develop Coalition policy in the lead up to the next federal election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in the meantime, I will continue to promote the Putting Locals First message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the impact of the carbon tax, on top of online competition and the high Australian dollar, it\u2019s never been more important to support the local small business community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal businesses have been providing jobs and supporting our communities for more than 100 years \u2013 we need to make sure that continues in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>June 14, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is initiating a major advertising and marketing campaign which is aimed at creating jobs in the lead up to the introduction of the carbon tax.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester has launched the \u2018Putting Locals First\u2019 campaign which will include television and print advertising that highlights the value of small businesses to the regional economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gippsland small business sector is the engine room of our economy and a key driver in job creation,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}