Gippsland — what Growing Australia delivers

Member for Gippsland: Darren Chester (The Nationals) · Victoria

The Latrobe Valley Growth Precinct sits inside Gippsland — $5.6B of platform investment, 5,000 direct jobs, with the government building the solar, the industrial estate, the CSIRO research lab and the TAFE training campus, while private operators take the leases and create the manufacturing jobs. Latrobe Valley produces 4 GW grid storage + synchronous condensers (deployed from Collie BESS containers), transmission equipment (switchgear + HV assembly + testing), green ammonia.

Beyond the precinct network, Gippsland also benefits from the national programs the plan funds. The 2026–27 Budget provides $3.2 billion for a government-controlled reserve of one billion litres of diesel, jet fuel and petrol, alongside Australia's existing commercial stocks. Growing Australia proposes successive reserve tranches and sovereign production behind them. Growth Precinct power would support industrial production and grid resilience, with final project prices determined through detailed design and procurement.

Growing Australia is a long-term, public-domain investment platform with a central concept-stage estimate of $201.4 billion. The complete register contains 53 investments across six national priorities and is designed to be delivered gradually. Gippsland's share is not a guaranteed allocation: it is the set of proposed precinct, state and national investments relevant to the electorate, each of which would require its own delivery and budget decisions.

Growth Precincts near Gippsland

• Latrobe Valley Growth Precinct — $5.6B · 5,000 jobs · inside Gippsland. 4 GW grid storage + synchronous condensers (deployed from Collie BESS containers), transmission equipment (switchgear + HV assembly + testing), green ammonia

National programs that reach Gippsland

• 90-day strategic fuel reserve — building beyond the announced 50-day baseline through staged government-controlled tranches.
• Lower energy bills — Growth Precinct solar at 2.5–3¢/kWh wholesale, flowing through to household bills.
• Regional broadband upgrades — closing the city–regions internet gap.
• Sovereign cyber shield — one number to call, ASD-led response, training at every TAFE.
• Strategic grain reserves — 500,000-tonne minimum, ending the bad-season-equals-crisis pattern.
• National medicines stockpile — $1B for antibiotics, insulin and surgical supplies. Australia currently imports 90%+.

Take action

• Write to Darren Chester — pre-written email, postcode-matched, 30 seconds.
• See the full $201.4B costing model — every line item, every assumption, every source.
• Read the methodology — bottom-up benchmarks, employment estimates, key assumptions.
• Growing Australia — home

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