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Parliament’s Portfolio

Lisa Chesters

LaborMember for Bendigoparliaments 44–48

This page covers the 44th, 45th and 48th Parliaments in full. We have read only part of the 46th and 47th Parliaments — this member’s own document may be among those still unread. An empty section below means we have no recorded entry — not that the member declared nothing.

Declared company interests

No company interests appear in this member’s register entries for the parliaments listed above.

Declared real estate

The registers record location at suburb or area level only.

  • Flora Hill VIC
    Spouse/partner
    Leased to tenants45P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated
  • Flora Hill 3550
    Spouse/partner
    Leased to tenant47P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated
  • Kennington VIC
    Self
    Residential Work Related Accommodation48P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated
  • Kennington 3550
    Self
    Residential Work Related Accommodation47P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated
  • Reid (ACT) ACT
    Self
    Residential Currently for sale Work related accommodation46P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated
  • of land Maldon
    Self
    Residential44P ↗
    Declared; start date not stated

Suburbs represented

Suburbs in Bendigo. Representing a suburb has nothing to do with owning anything in it.

144 suburbs

Argyle (Vic.) · Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) · Avonmore · Axe Creek · Axedale · Bagshot · Bagshot North · Barfold · Baringhup · Baringhup West · Barkers Creek · Barnadown · Baynton (Vic.) · Bendigo · Benloch · Big Hill (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) · Bonn · Bradford · California Gully · Campbells Creek · Carlsruhe · Castlemaine · Chewton · Chewton Bushlands · Costerfield · Derrinal · Diggora · Drummartin · Eaglehawk · Eaglehawk North · East Bendigo · Eddington · Edgecombe · Elmore · Elphinstone (Vic.) · Emu Creek (Vic.) · Eppalock · Epsom (Vic.) · Fairy Dell (Campaspe - Vic.) · Faraday · Flora Hill · Fosterville · Fryerstown · Glenhope · Glenhope East · Glenluce · Golden Gully · Golden Point (Mount Alexander - Vic.) · Golden Square · Goornong · Gower · Green Gully (Vic.) · Greenhill (Vic.) · Harcourt · Harcourt North · Heathcote (Vic.) · Heathcote South · Hunter · Huntly · Huntly North · Irishtown (Vic.) · Ironbark (Vic.) · Jackass Flat · Joyces Creek · Junortoun · Kamarooka · Kangaroo Flat (Vic.) · Kennington · Kimbolton (Vic.) · Knowsley · Kyneton · Kyneton South · Ladys Pass · Lake Eppalock · Langley · Lauriston · Leichardt · Lockwood · Lockwood South · Long Gully · Longlea · Maiden Gully · Maldon (Vic.) · Malmsbury · Mandurang · Mandurang South · Marong · McKenzie Hill · Metcalfe · Metcalfe East · Mia Mia (Vic.) · Milloo · Moonlight Flat (Mount Alexander - Vic.) · Mount Camel · Muckleford · Muckleford South · Myers Flat · Myrtle Creek (Vic.) · Neereman · Neilborough · Newstead (Vic.) · North Bendigo · Nuggetty · Nulla Vale · Pastoria · Pastoria East · Pipers Creek · Pyalong · Quarry Hill · Ravenswood (Vic.) · Ravenswood South · Redesdale · Rochester (Vic.) · Sailors Gully · Sandon (Vic.) · Sebastian · Sedgwick · Shelbourne · Sidonia · Spring Gully (Vic.) · Spring Hill (Vic.) · Strangways · Strathdale · Strathfieldsaye · Strathlea · Sutton Grange · Taradale (Vic.) · Tarilta · Tarrengower · Tennyson (Vic.) · Tooborac · Tylden · Vaughan · Walmer (Vic.) · Wellsford · Welshmans Reef · Werona · West Bendigo · Whipstick · White Hills (Vic.) · Wilsons Hill · Woodvale (Vic.) · Yandoit Hills · Yapeen

Other declared interests

  • Mortgage
    Self
    Liability44P ↗
    Members Equity Bank
  • Mortgage
    Spouse/partner
    Liability45P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Mortgage X 2
    Self
    Liability47P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Mortgage on investment property
    Spouse/partner
    Liability48P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Mortgage residential properties
    Self
    Liability48P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Personal loan
    Self
    Liability44P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Every Day Account (Joint)
    Self
    Accounts45P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Every Day Account (Joint)
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts45P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Every Day Account x 3
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts45P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Everyday Account x 2
    Self
    Accounts44P ↗
    Members Equity
  • Everyday Account x 3
    Self
    Accounts45P ↗
    Members Equity Bank
  • Online Saving Account Everyday Account Statement Account x 3 (one joint)
    Self
    Accounts47P ↗
    Members Equity Bank Members Equity Bank Bendigo Bank
  • Online Savings Account
    Self
    Accounts44P ↗
    Members Equity
  • Online Savings Account Everyday Account Everyday Account (joint)
    Self
    Accounts46P ↗
    Members Equity Bank Members Equity Bank Bendigo Bank
  • Savings
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts48P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Savings (Joint Account) Savings Savings
    Self
    Accounts48P ↗
    Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank
  • Savings Savings
    Dependent child
    Accounts48P ↗
    Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank
  • Statement Account x 3 (one joint)
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts47P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Term Deposit
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts45P ↗
    Bendigo Bank
  • Term Deposit Everyday Account x 3 Everyday Account (joint)
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts46P ↗
    Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank
  • Superannuation, Australian Super
    Self
    Other assets44P ↗
    Superannuation, Host Plus
  • Superannuation, Australian Super Superannuation, Host Plus Superannuation, Care Super
    Self
    Other assets46P ↗
  • Superannuation, Care Super
    Self
    Other assets44P ↗
  • Superannuation, Host Plus
    Self
    Other assets44P ↗
  • Superannuation, Media Super
    Spouse/partner
    Other assets45P ↗
  • Complimentary membership to Qantas Chairmans Lounge
    Holder not stated
    Gift46P ↗
  • children from family members or personal friends in a purely personal capacity need not be
    Dependent child
    Gift46P ↗
  • 2 x ALF 2023 Grand Final tickets & hospitality
    Holder not stated
    Sponsored travel47P ↗
  • Qantas Chairman’s Lounge membership
    Holder not stated
    Sponsored travel47P ↗
  • Virgin Australia Beyond Lounge membership for myself and my partner, Matt Emond
    Holder not stated
    Sponsored travel47P ↗
  • Hospitality - Accommodation and dinner provided by CFMEU at RACV Resort Torquay.
    Self
    Sponsored travel45P ↗
  • Travel - Complimentary membership to Qantas Chairmans Lounge
    Self
    Sponsored travel45P ↗
  • Travel - Complimentary membership to Virgin Australia The Club
    Self
    Sponsored travel45P ↗
  • Travel - Complimentary membership to Virgin Australia The Club
    Spouse/partner
    Sponsored travel45P ↗
  • Travel - Flights, accommodation and meals provided by Save the Children to Cambodia
    Self
    Sponsored travel45P ↗
  • Qantas Chairman's Lounge
    Self
    Office held48P ↗
  • Friends of National Museum of Australia
    Holder not stated
    Office held47P ↗
  • Member of APHEDA Member of United Workers Union
    Holder not stated
    Office held46P ↗
  • Actors Benevolent Trust Board Member
    Spouse/partner
    Office held45P ↗
  • Bendigo Art Gallery
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Bendigo Business Council
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Bendigo Chinese Association Board Member
    Spouse/partner
    Office held45P ↗
  • Bendigo Community Health
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Bendigo Historical Society
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
    Zonta Club of Bendigo
  • Bendigo Sustainability Group
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • CWA Castlemaine
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Councillor, City of Greater Bendigo Board Member, Bendigo Art Gallery Board Member, Bendigo Chinese Association Board Member, Actors Benevolent Trust
    Spouse/partner
    Office held46P ↗
  • Emily's List Australia
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Friends of Bendigo Botanic Gardens
    Self
    Office held45P ↗
  • Friends of Kyneton Community Park
    Self
    Office held45P ↗
  • Friends of the Bendigo Botanic Gardens
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Friends of the Castlemaine State Festival
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Friends of the Kyneton Community Park
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Member, Bendigo Art Gallery (family) Member, Bendigo Discovery Centre (family) Member, Victorian Zoos (family) Member, National Museum of Australia (family) Member, Virgin Australia Beyond
    Self
    Office held48P ↗
  • Member, Virgin Australia Beyond
    Spouse/partner
    Office held48P ↗
  • Member, Zonta Club Bendigo Member, Bendigo Art Gallery Member, Discovery Centre Bendigo Member, Emily's List Member, United Workers Union
    Self
    Office held47P ↗
  • Member, Zonta Club Bendigo Member, Bendigo Art Gallery Member, Emily's List Australia Member, United Voice Victoria Member, National Union of Workers
    Self
    Office held46P ↗
  • Sandhurst School Education Board Member
    Spouse/partner
    Office held45P ↗
  • United Voice Victoria
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • Zonta Club of Bendigo
    Self
    Office held44P ↗
  • ANU PHD candidate
    Spouse/partner
    Other interest47P ↗
  • PHD Student at ANU
    Spouse/partner
    Other interest48P ↗

Register of Members’ Interests / Register of Senators’ Interests, Parliament of Australia — as at 2 September 2025. Report an error

Method & caveats

Australian federal parliamentarians must declare certain interests in the Register of Members’ Interests (House of Representatives) and the Register of Senators’ Interests. For holdings — shares, real estate, trusts, liabilities, assets — the registers record what is held and do not record quantity, value, purchase price or income. Nothing on this page states or implies the size of any holding, any gain or loss, or any trading activity.

Two items are different, because the form itself asks for a value: gifts and sponsored travel. Where a member stated an amount there, it appears as they wrote it. That figure is the declared value of a gift or a trip — never the size of a holding, and never a total.

Dates are the dates a declaration appeared in, or was removed from, the register — not transaction dates. A removal can mean an asset was disposed of, a declaration was corrected, or the member left parliament.

Company names are free text as written by the member. We link a declaration to an ASX listing only on an exact normalised match, a ticker the member stated, or a human-verified alias, so many declarations appear as text only. Real-estate declarations are suburb- or area-level; the registers contain no street addresses, and some declared locations do not map to a single ABS suburb.

Rows are declared as held by the member (“Self”), their spouse or partner, or a dependent child, exactly as the register records them. Members’ seats, parties and chambers change between parliaments.

Extracted from primary PDFs published by the Parliament of Australia; parliamentary material, © Commonwealth of Australia. Corrections are annotated, not silently applied. Not financial advice.