Inland Rail is supporting communities in north west NSW with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) donating more than $20,000 to seven community groups in the latest rounds of their Community Sponsorships and Donations program. Funding for community initiatives in the Parkes electorate includes: $4,000 for Narrabri Clay Target Club to install a water system…
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today welcomed the allocation of an additional $3.3 million to support vital child care services in the Parkes electorate and help meet the needs of local families. Mr Coulton said 15 services in the Parkes electorate will receive funding through the Coalition Government’s Community Child Care Fund (CCCF). “This…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton officially opened the new teacher accommodation for St Ignatius Parish School in Bourke today. He is pictured in front of one of the houses with Bourke Shire Council Mayor Barry Hollman, General Manager Mark Riley, school captains Dustin Nott and Clare Lawson, Catholic Education Wilcannia-Forbes Assistant Director…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) has today farewelled Ev Barber, who has been his office manager in Dubbo since he was elected in 2007. Ev retires after 25 years of working for MPs in Dubbo. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has today farewelled his longest serving employee, Evelyn Barber, who…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Forest Lodge Motor Inn and Lime Thai Restaurant owners Desley and Greg Rankmore. Small and medium hotels and motels across the Parkes electorate are receiving support from the Federal Government to cut their energy costs so they can invest in their business, employ more people…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton inspects the electrical upgrade at the Talbragar Street Scout Hall with 1st Dubbo Scouts Cubs Leader Vaughn Simmons. An electrical upgrade has improved safety for users of the Talbragar Street Scout Hall in Dubbo, thanks to a $16,500 Federal Government grant. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton…
Photo caption: Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt (centre) and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from right) pictured with Warren Shire Council Deputy Mayor Brett Williamson, General Manager Gary Woodman and Mayor Milton Quigley in front of one of the water reservoirs that will be transformed by a mural. The Warren community…
Photo caption: Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt (left) and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton at the Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps with Brewarrina Shire Council General Manager Jeff Sowiak, Deputy Mayor Vivian Slack-Smith, Mayor Phillip O’Connor and councillor Angelo Pippos. A lookout and river walk will be constructed to enhance the popular Brewarrina…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (third from left) and Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt (third from right) with members of the Wee Waa Community Complex Incorporated, Bruce Gray, treasurer Kerry Watts, Anne Weekes and chair Andrew Greste, at the housing site. A community project to establish housing for medical professionals…
Photo caption: The Washpool section of the Gwydir Highway was among many local roads across the Parkes electorate damaged by flooding in March. Communities across 12 Local Government Areas in the Parkes electorate will benefit from a $200 million recovery funding package announced today by the Australian and New South Wales governments to provide support…