Coulton’s Catch Up – Labor’s Budget a blow to the Parkes electorate, Building Better Regions Fund scrapped, Innovative Broken Hill renewable energy storage project

Coulton's Catchup

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton goes over the Budget with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. Labor’s Budget a blow to the Parkes electorate Sadly, the Parkes electorate was one of the biggest losers in Labor’s Federal Budget, which delivered several blows to our regions. The slashing of the highly popular Building Better Regions…

Labor confirms funding to rural and regional Australia to be slashed

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Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from right), with Bourke and District Children’s Services President Tanya Jackson, Bourke Shire Council Mayor Barry Hollman and General Manager Leonie Brown and Bourke and District Children’s Services General Manager Prue Ritchie pictured underneath the collapsed roof at the Bourke Childcare Centre. The childcare centre was…

Coulton’s Catch Up – Devastating flooding continues, Faster internet for parts of Moree, Supporting local music festivals, Innovate with NBN grants

Coulton's Catchup

Photo caption: Flooding devastated Moree over the weekend, with dozens of homes inundated by water. Pictured is the Moree Scout Hall which went under water. Devastating flooding continues Flooding continues across the Parkes electorate, with all the river systems across the electorate now in flood. My thoughts are with those communities impacted as they begin the…

Coulton welcomes funding to establish a Children’s Contact Service at Broken Hill

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Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton met with the staff from the Broken Hill branch of CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes earlier this year to discuss their plans for a Children’s Contact Service. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed a Federal Government investment which will provide local children of separated families with a safe…

Coulton’s Catch Up – Methane emissions pledge concerning, Christmas Card Photo Competition open, Coalition funding benefitting the North West

Coulton's Catchup

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured at the newly-opened Goodooga Store. Methane emissions pledge concerning Last week we learnt that the Labor Government plans on signing up to the Global Methane Pledge at next month’s UN COP27 climate change conference in Egypt. The pledge calls for a 30 per cent global reduction…