Federal Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters has today confirmed her successful preselection as the Labor candidate for the Federal Electorate of Bendigo in the upcoming federal election.

The Australian Government is providing $50 million in grants to keep Australians practising their religion safe across the country, including $255,837 for the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo.

The Allan and Albanese Labor Governments are making active travel in central Bendigo safer and easier with major pedestrian and cycling projects to connect the city’s important bike trails.

Bendigo will be better prepared for and protected from future natural disasters after it was announced today Bendigo would share in over $2.2 million for projects funded through the Albanese Government’s Disaster Ready Fund (DRF).

The Albanese Labor Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to ending violence against women and children with the funding of another Safe Places Emergency Accommodation (Safe Places) project in Bendigo.

The Federal Labor Government is making it easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access healthcare in Bendigo.

This is thanks to a $3.7 million contribution for the construction of a new Primary Health Care facility at Bendigo District Aboriginal Co-operative (BDAC).

The Federal Labor Government has continued its commitment to migrant women in Central Victoria facing barriers to employment by providing $180,000 in new funding to SisterWorks.

The Albanese Government is continuing to support local jobs in Bendigo with a $45 million contract to build an additional 15 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles.

More GPs are bulk billing patients in Bendigo as a direct result of the tripling of the bulk billing incentive by the Australian Government, with a near 10% increase bulk billed visits to the GP across the electorate since 1 November 2023.

The Federal Labor Government is providing vital cost of living relief for everyone in the Bendigo electorate from 1 July.