Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters
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Chesters wins Bendigo
Labor’s Lisa Chesters has retained the federal seat of Bendigo she has held since 2013 despite a swing away from Labor. The Bendigo seat came right down to the wire, with first-time Nationals candidate Andrew Lethlean proving to be a strong opponent. Results were uncertain until Friday afternoon. Lethlean, a publican and businessman, ran a…
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‘DJ Albo’ dance party delivers message
A group of concerned Castlemaine and Bendigo community members connected with the people-powered ‘Move Beyond Coal’ movement staged a lively and loud ‘DJ Albo’ themed dance party at the office of Bendigo Federal MP Lisa Chesters last Wednesday. The movement seeks action to eliminate the extraction and burning of fossil fuels and donned ‘Anthony Albanese’…
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Shop local this Christmas
Lisa Chesters MP As we get closer to Christmas, it is vital that we support local business. Local shops create thriving communities, and that creates jobs. Our local business owners are our friends, family, and valued members of the community. As many workers ‘clock off’ for the holidays, local workers in retail and other services…
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Upgrade for notorious road
Lisa Dennis Walmer’s notorious Fogartys Gap Road is one of 47 roads across the state to be upgraded thanks to an injection of funds from the federal government’s Black Spot Program. Bendigo MP and Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel chair, Lisa Chesters, visited Walmer on Friday to announce an allocation of $18.4 million to substantially…
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MPs back in Labor victory
Local Labor MPs for Bendigo and McEwen have been returned in Labor’s decisive victory at Saturday’s federal election after nine years in opposition. Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters and her McEwen counterpart, Rob Mitchell, were returned for their fourth and fifth terms respectively in an election they say was won on issues of integrity, climate action…
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Looking after locals
Riddells Creek Foodworks has employed security to check identification at the door to prevent outsiders from stripping the shelves bare. The move comes after reports of busloads of Melbourne shoppers flocking to regional towns and clearing the shelves. Since 10am last Wednesday, anyone without proof of residency within a 12km radius of Riddells Creek was…