Photo caption: Gwydir Shire Council General Manager Max Eastcott, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, NSW Governor Margaret Beazley AZ QC, State Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall, Gwydir Shire Council Engineering Manager Alex Eddy and Mayor John Coulton at the newly-opened Warialda heavy vehicle bypass. A new 4.1-kilometre road is driving increased safety and…
DetailsPhoto caption: Tamworth Mayor Russell Webb, Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt, NSW Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton announce $80 million to deliver three projects to create local jobs and support the health of rivers in the northern Basin under…
DetailsIt was an honour to host Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationals Michael McCormack in Broken Hill for the announcement of $84 million in new funding for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The funding will enable the Royal Flying Doctor Service to extend and expand essential health services for Australians in rural and remote areas. This…
DetailsAdditional case management services in Gunnedah have been boosted thanks to a $842,536 grant from The Nationals/Liberal Government, providing support to families with members who are incarcerated or who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said the funding announcement was a welcome boost for an important…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes and Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government Mark Coulton pictured with Warrumbungle Shire Council Mayor Ambrose Doolan. Warrumbungle Shire Council is just one of the councils across the Parkes electorate benefitting from funding under Phase Two of the successful Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. Shovels…
Details80 Indigenous Australians will be given the skills necessary to enter the NSW Police College in Goulburn through the further investment by the Australian Government in a NSW pre-employment programme. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, today announced additional funding of $956,500 for the Indigenous Police Recruitment Our…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries announced that local museum Lightning Ridge Opal and Fossil Centre had received a grant of $97,500 to support a $195,000 project to develop a 50 person, dormitory style accommodation at the Centre. Mr Humphries said the grant support was from the 2017/18 round…
DetailsThe 100th anniversary of the famous charge by the Australian Light Horse on the Wells of Beersheba is commemorated today presenting a chance for people in the Electorate of Parkes to stop and remember the service and sacrifice of Australian troops overseas. “More than 1,350 Australians lost their lives in the Middle East campaigns of…
DetailsAlmost 2,800 children across the Electorate of Parkes will benefit from a more than $400 million preschool funding boost announced by the Nationals-Liberal Government. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said $3.49 million for 2,764 local pre-schoolers in his Electorate, will ensure they have access to 15 hours a week of quality early learning in…
DetailsData released today reveals the true impact the Coronavirus pandemic had on life-saving organ donation and transplantation rates in 2020, prompting calls for more people to register as a donor. National organ donation and transplant data for 2020, released by federal Minister responsible for the Organ and Tissue Authority, Mark Coulton, shows while Australia’s donation…
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