BILLS – Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 Second Reading

18 October 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (10:54): I speak in opposition to this amendment, particularly to item 1A in the member for Indi’s amendment. An easy solution will fix this problem by taking the water from somewhere else, so take it from the northern basin. The northern basin is an ephemeral system that…

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Infrastructure

16 October 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (18:42): I too rise tonight to speak in support of the motion by the member for Barker pointing out that the length of the government’s 90-day infrastructure review has now stretched out to nearly double that amount. This is causing an enormous amount of grief and heartache…