• National Party Representative for Gippsland
• Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs (since 28 May 2025)
• Entered House of Representatives on 28 June 2008 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Darren Chester speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Numbers
• Register of Interests

Matters of Public Importance: Budget (4 Jun 2026)

“It's now official. Our country is being run by a jellyfish caucus. The modern Labor Party has become a blubbering mess and is a political party which has simply lost its spine. Jellyfish are defined by their lack of brains, their lack of bones and their lack of heart. They are spineless and they are gutless, without the brains to think for themselves, drifting along on the ocean currents....”

Matters of Public Importance: Budget (4 Jun 2026)

“I'm fine, thank you, Deputy Speaker Claydon. I appreciate the encouragement. Thank you. Why would any of those opposite think they can go back to their constituency at the next election and say: 'Trust the Prime Minister. He's a man of his word. His word is his bond.' You have fundamentally broken the trust of the Australian people. Those opposite have fundamentally broken the trust of the...”

Matters of Public Importance: Budget (4 Jun 2026)

“You can speak now! You could have spoken earlier. You gagged your own debate. Twenty-four members of the jellyfish caucus spoke on their own bill. Where were the rest of them? If these changes were that good, if they were so good, you'd think they'd all be lining up to come and talk about them. They'd be making these bold statements about their changes, and they'd cut them up into little...”

More of Darren Chester's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, Representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 15 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 36 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Darren Chester speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 706 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

Darren Chester's latest interest statement