Lisa Chesters
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Vital flood study wins funding
With a flood-prone creek on one side and overland tributaries on the other, Campbells Creek residents are well-versed in major flood events, the most recent occurring in 2022. The Campbells Creek Flood Study, which costs just shy of $200,000, will take about 12 months to complete and will help Mount Alexander Shire Council better understand…
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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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Mitchell back, Bendigo close
The Albanese Government has been returned to power in a landslide victory that saw Labor secure 82 seats to the Coalition’s 38 at the time of going to press yesterday. Labor’s Rob Mitchell has been returned for McEwen but the previously thought safe Labor seat of Bendigo will come down to the wire as votes…
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Funds support our wildlife
Red Box Wildlife Shelter has received a funding boost to support its important work rehabilitating injured kangaroos from across the region. The Elphinstone shelter has been awarded $4000 in federal funding via the Department of Social Services’ 2021 Volunteer Grants program. Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters visited the site on Friday to check out the new…
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Bittersweet result
It was a bittersweet result for returning Labor MPs Lisa Chesters and Rob Mitchell as they celebrated comfortable wins in the federal seats of Bendigo and McEwen respectively while their party mourned an election loss. Saturday’s win to the Liberal National Coalition means the local MPs will once again sit in opposition in the federal…