{"id":303,"date":"2009-06-23T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2009\/06\/23\/shop-local-to-boost-jobs-chester\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T07:59:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T07:59:08","slug":"shop-local-to-boost-jobs-chester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/shop-local-to-boost-jobs-chester\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOP LOCAL TO BOOST JOBS: CHESTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>June 23, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local residents are being urged to wage their own campaign against the global financial crisis by shopping locally and supporting local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In difficult economic times, The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has stepped up his \u2018putting locals first\u2019 campaign in a bid to help secure local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He has coordinated a mail out to 70,000 homes across Gippsland encouraging people to shop locally and to spend their school holiday funds enjoying local tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery dollar we spend in Gippsland helps to create a job for local people,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting local businesses means they can employ more staff and provide better training opportunities. It\u2019s all about creating a better future for our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever underestimate the importance of spending your money in our local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said in many cases, small businesses were sponsors for local clubs and events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to the local community to return the favour and support the businesses which support our towns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutting locals first means making a decision to support local traders whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis includes participating in local school holiday activities as well as purchasing everyday items and gifts from local suppliers and traders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>June 23, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local residents are being urged to wage their own campaign against the global financial crisis by shopping locally and supporting local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In difficult economic times, The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has stepped up his \u2018putting locals first\u2019 campaign in a bid to help secure local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He has coordinated a mail out to 70,000 homes across Gippsland encouraging people to shop locally and to spend their school holiday funds enjoying local tourist attractions.<\/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\/303"}],"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=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}