Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has announced 15 projects in the Parkes electorate will share in more than $8 million in funding under the third round of the Federal Government’s Economic Development Program, including a $974,215 upgrade of the Back O Bourke Exhibition Centre. Murray-Darling Basin communities in the Parkes electorate are…
I am proud of all the programs and changes I was able to deliver during my time as Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. It has been a privilege to work with rural health professionals across the sector to improve healthcare in regional, rural and remote Australia and keep people in the…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from left) pictured with Cobar community members Colby Lawrence, Barry Knight, Reverend Graham McLeod and Cobar Deputy Mayor Jarrod Marsden at the opening of the Cobar Miners Memorial. Opening of Cobar Miners Memorial Last week it was a pleasure to join members of the Cobar community…
More young people in the Central West region will be able to access mental health services when they need them, with headspace Dubbo to share in more than $1.9 million in Federal Government funding. Federal Member for Parkes and Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton welcomed the grant, which he said will be used by Western…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton congratulated the 2021 Young Farmer of the Year Emma Ayliffe in Parliament House last week. Employment support for local women CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes has been successful in receiving $689,870 in Federal Government funding to establish two social enterprise cafes, helping women in Bourke and Wilcannia enter the workforce…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from left) pictured with Cobar community members Colby Lawrence, Barry Knight, Reverend Graham McLeod and Cobar Deputy Mayor Jarrod Marsden at the opening of the Cobar Miners Memorial. Today, residents of Cobar Shire have celebrated the official opening of a new $971,000 Cobar Miners Memorial, which…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a drug court being established in Dubbo. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a drug court in Dubbo to support the region’s fight against substance abuse. To be funded by the NSW Government…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) caught up with CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes Social Enterprise and Community Engagement Manager Michael McDowell (left) and Cooee for Coffee team members Dimity Dixon and Tori Towney in Bourke recently. A social enterprise project helping women in Bourke and Wilcannia to enter the workforce and gain job-ready skills…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton recently met with Bourke Shire Council Mayor Barry Hollman to announce that Field Solutions Group was successful in receiving funding to deploy a fixed wireless network in the shire. COVID-19 scare for our regions It was disappointing last week to find out that a couple who tested…
The Hon Mark Coulton MP Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government Federal Member for Parkes The Hon Kevin Anderson MP State Member for Tamworth MEDIA STATEMENT GUNNEDAH MEDICAL SERVICES Both Australian and NSW Governments are well aware of the challenges faced by Gunnedah locals in accessing the health services they need and…