Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (15:28): I must say how disappointed I am that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy is not in here. I back up the member for Fairfax. All I can assume is that he saw the speaking list of the MPI today. I think he’s still in trauma from when…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:18): I rise today to speak on the Help to Buy Bill 2023. When I was looking at the bill here in front of me, I thought we might have had a typo. It’s actually 2024, last time I looked. We’re actually nearly into the third month of 2024. Upon…
Details27 February 2024 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:17): A lot of people in this place and elsewhere know that I have been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian people. Some years ago, I spent eight days on the West Bank. One of my former mayors, Al Karanouh from Coonamble, his family left their homes…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:48): Last week I spent in my electorate, wandering through the north and western part, visiting communities in Dubbo, Narromine, Bourke, Brewarrina and Walgett. I did a bit of a poll in the main streets of those towns as to the vehicles that were parked there. There were a large…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton met with Narromine Lions Club members to check out the completed restoration of the historic turntable precinct. Big week back on the road I was happy to be back out on the road last week after a few weeks in Canberra. My favourite part of the job…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is concerned Labor’s proposed Vehicle Efficiency Standard will add thousands of dollars to the cost of cars that regional Australians drive. Further Inland Rail uncertainty Last week I was terribly disheartened to hear that there are currently no plans to continue work on the Inland Rail north…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (18:27): I rise tonight to speak on this Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2023-2024 and express my concern about how the Albanese Labor government seems to have abandoned regional Australia and particularly my electorate in a whole range of ways. In some ways, I can’t believe it’s on purpose. I think…
DetailsPhoto: Member for Parkes Mark Coulton speaks in the House of Representatives about his concerns for changes to the design of the Wilcannia weir. Parliament returns for 2024 Last week marked the return of Parliament for 2024. While the first sitting week of the year was only three days, there was still plenty to do…
DetailsFriday, 9 February 2024 Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has raised concerns about the design of the Wilcannia Weir in a speech to Federal Parliament. “I’d like to bring to the attention of the House an issue that’s very concerning in my electorate, and that is the design, and the change of the design,…
DetailsThursday, 8 February 2024 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:39): I’d like to bring to the attention of the House an issue that’s very concerning in my electorate, and that is the design, and the change of the design, to the weir at Wilcannia. Now this project has been in the pipeline for a long…
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