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Media Releases
Few towns in regional NSW can boast the sporting culture and heritage of Dubbo. The city has always punched above its weight on the sporting field, which is evident in the number of professional sportspeople that the town has produced. This Thursday evening the 8th Annual Dubbo Sports Awards... ... (08-Nov)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the Government’s decision to allocate funding to three schools in the Parkes Electorate.
Lake Cargelligo Central School, St Matthew’s Catholic School at Mudgee and Bourke High School will all receive funding as part of the Government’s Tr... ... (08-Nov)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has thrown his support behind Post-Polio Awareness Week.
Despite it being several decades since the last polio epidemic, a large number of people are now suffering the late affects of the disease that they may have contracted many years ago.
Mr Coul... ... (02-Nov)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton believes the onus is squarely on the Government to reconstruct its Independent Youth Allowance legislation after a majority of the House of Representatives voted to support a motion introduced by the Coalition.
Mr Coulton sees today’s result a... ... (29-Oct)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the change of venue for the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Mr Coulton believes moving the information session from the Dubbo RSL club, which can hold 400 people, to the Macquarie Auditorium which holds 800, is a smart decision.
“Ju... ... (26-Oct)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is more confident that a positive outcome will be reached for the Gulgong community in their battle for a multi-purpose service (MPS).
Mr Coulton met with Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon to brief her of the serious nature of the situation in Gulg... ... (21-Oct)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has spoken in Federal Parliament, outlining his grave concerns for the future of the communities in the Parkes electorate, as the debate rages on following the release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Mr Coulton has pulled no punches with regar... ... (21-Oct)
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has endorsed the Australian Rural Road Group’s (ARRG) push for a nationally unified asset management system, which he hopes will result in drastic improvements to rural roads.
Mr Coulton is adamant that with the nation’s dependency on agriculture, reg... ... (21-Oct)
The release of Labor’s Murray Darling Basin Plan has Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton seriously concerned about the impact that it will have on all residents in the Murray Darling Basin, particularly the Parkes Electorate.
“The proposed cuts to irrigation water will devastate ... ... (14-Oct)
Tens of thousands of jobs could be lost and entire communities shut down if the Draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan is implemented, Federal Member Parkes Mark Coulton warned today.
Mr Coulton condemned the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Draft Guide to the Basin following its rel... ... (08-Oct)