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Coulton and NSW Farmers’ call for action on native vegetation laws

    There is an urgent need for farmers throughout NSW to make a submission to the Senate Inquiry into native vegetation legislation, according to Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton. Mr Coulton said that at a recent meeting with local representatives of the NSW Farmers’ Associat... (15-Mar)

Regional Australia suffers under draconian native vegetation laws

  The biodiversity of regional land and the productivity of regional Australia continue to be threatened by the NSW and Queensland governments’ native vegetation legislation, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development Mark Coulton has warned.   During a speech to Parliament... (10-Mar)

Time running out to have your say on property rights

  Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has urged farmers affected by the draconian native vegetation laws to lodge a submission to a Senate inquiry into the matter before it closes next week.   Mr Coulton said it was vital all landholders and organisations whose property rights have b... (09-Mar)

Rudd health proposal threatens 100 regional NSW hospitals

  Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to guarantee that no regional hospital will be worse off under his proposed health reforms.   Following warnings today from NSW Health officials that up to 100 smaller community hospitals may become financi... (04-Mar)

Rudd promises more bureaucracy, but no real plan, to fix our local hospitals

  The Prime Minister’s solution to fix the problems plaguing our health systems is to put another layer of bureaucracy into the health system. That is not going to fix our health problems, it is going to make them worse.   Labor has been an abject failure in regards to health. Kevin Rud... (03-Mar)

Coalition puts students of Parkes electorate first by moving to split relocation allowances from Youth Allowance

  The Coalition has moved to split the start-up and relocation scholarships out of the Government’s controversial youth allowance legislation to ensure students in the Parkes electorate will receive funds this year, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said today.   Mr Coulton said Ed... (26-Feb)

Coalition fights to protect Australians from mad cow disease

  Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has backed a move to block the Rudd Government’s attempts to lift the ban on the importation of beef from countries affected by BSE.   Mr Coulton said the Coalition will introduce a Private Members Bill into both houses of Parliament that will pr... (24-Feb)

Towns throughout the Parkes electorate continue to be ignored in Rudd Government’s NBN

  The Rudd Government’s now discredited broadband plan continues to exclude towns of less than 1,000 people such as Dunedoo, Rylstone, Coolah and Boggabri, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said today.   The first mainland city that the Federal Government has concentrated on is Mt ... (22-Feb)

Restoring accountability to public hospitals in the Parkes electorate

  Public hospitals throughout the Parkes electorate will be run by community boards under a groundbreaking proposal to overhaul the nation’s health system launched by the Coalition. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the next Coalition federal government will ensure that local people... (16-Feb)

Coulton to recontest next federal election

Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton will recontest the seat of Parkes for the Nationals at the next federal election after being preselected unopposed on the weekend. Mr Coulton was unanimously endorsed as the Nationals’ candidate at the Parkes Electorate Council’s Annual General Meeting in Warr... (15-Feb)

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Mark visiting the Dubbo Menshed The NSW Farmers property rights rally in Canberra 2nd February 2010 Mark at the Menshed Rural Expo Wellington 17th February 2010
Mark at the Botobolar Telecommunications Forum 16th February 2010 Visiting St Mary’s Central School Wellington Visiting the Toomelah Cooperative