Photo Caption: Minister for Regional Health and Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (centre) with Simon Blacker, co-owner of Orana Mall Pharmacy in Dubbo, and Lisa Gibson, managing partner. Pharmacies in Dubbo will for the first time receive $3,000 per year from the Federal Government’s Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) program. Federal Regional Health Minister and Member…
DetailsMark Coulton, Member for the Parkes electorate, has announced that the Federal Government will invest in addressing more mobile service black spots across the region. The Coalition is committing $25 million for a fourth round of the Mobile Black Spot Program, which will boost mobile phone coverage within regional and remote communities. “Further funding to…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today met with The Rural Woman Cooperative CEO Rebel Black to discuss how a $348,740 National Careers Institute grant will be used for a project to increase the number of women in the agricultural industry. Rural women in the Parkes electorate will have more access to career…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Field Solutions Group (FSG) CEO Andrew Roberts. FSG has been awarded funding to establish six new base stations across the Parkes electorate. Residents and travellers in the Parkes electorate are set to benefit from new and improved mobile coverage thanks to the latest round of…
DetailsMore 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…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s announcement that an infrastructure project will be funded in the Parkes electorate under the $1 billion National Stronger Regions Fund. The Government will provide $212 million in funding to 51 priority infrastructure projects nationwide in Round One of the programme, including…
DetailsThe Coalition Government has doubled the financial assistance available to non-government schools impacted by drought to support students and their families. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said four independent schools in his electorate will share in $567,362 to continue to help families impacted by the drought. The schools include Carinya Christian School (Gunnedah), Narromine Christian…
DetailsREGIONAL New South Wales has a new state of the art sporting facilities with today’s opening of the redeveloped Barden Park in Dubbo. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the Barden Park Regional Centre of Excellence for Athletics is now an international standard athletics track and field venue.…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) met with Dubbo author Poli Sansey to congratulate her on receiving a $7,264 grant under the Saluting Their Service Program. A Dubbo writer will be able to publish a book of poetry and art inspired by the Battle of Crete, thanks to a Federal Government grant.…
DetailsA new change room will be built and additional lighting installed to increase safety levels at Boggabilla Oval, thanks to a $236,000 grant from the Coalition Government.The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, announced the grant to Moree Plains Shire Council during a visit to Boggabilla recently. Minister Scullion…
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