The Coalition Government will provide $1.1 million funding to improve the diversity and abundance of native fish in the Murray–Darling Basin. Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Keith Pitt said the funding would enable site investigation, design work and consultation with Lower Darling communities about improving fish passage at three weirs south of Menindee.…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is pleased to announce that Silver City Cinema has been awarded another $35,000 grant from the SCREEN Fund. Broken Hill’s Silver City Cinema has been able to keep its doors open and the projectors rolling, thanks to a $35,000 grant under the second round of the Coalition…
DetailsTo help protect our youngest children in the Electorate of Parkes from the devastating consequences of meningococcal, the Nationals-Liberal Government will add a quad-strain vaccine to the National Immunisation Program (NIP). The Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the new vaccine (Nimenrix) covers against A, C, W and Y strains (MenACWY) and will be added…
DetailsRawsonville Pony Club near Dubbo has received $146,899 for an equestrian arena and facility upgrade, announced by Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton. Mr Coulton was pleased to visit the pony club last week to congratulate the committee on their success. “Rawsonville Pony Club is an excellent example of a strong local sporting club, with…
DetailsRegional Development Australia (RDA) Orana will deliver a project to help migrants fully participate in the local community with a new $49,500 grant from the Federal Government. Upon announcing the funding today, Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the Coalition is committed to working closely with organisations such as RDA Orana to support social cohesion.…
DetailsDeputy Leader of the Nationals and Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash and Parkes MP Mark Coulton have celebrated with Dubbo health professionals and community members, following the announcement a re-elected Turnbull-Joyce Government will invest $25 million in an integrated cancer centre for Western NSW. Speaking in Dubbo on Friday, Minister Nash said the current…
DetailsDigital savvy businesses and individuals in regional Australia that are using the NBN to deliver new services and technology and bring innovation to their communities were today recognised in the Innovate with NBN awards. Federal Regional Communications Minister, Mark Coulton in presenting the awards via video link from South Australia, said the inaugural awards attracted…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured marching with veterans at the National Servicemen’s Association of Australia 70th anniversary reunion in Moree recently. Local veterans may be eligible for national recognition for their military service under the Australian Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorations Program. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said Certificates of…
DetailsSupport for residents and community-based anti-smoking campaigns in the Electorate of Parkes are the local focus of the record $183.7 million in funding for Australia’s first four-year Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program. “Together, we are making progress in reducing smoking rates but tobacco is still claiming the lives of far too many local Indigenous people,”…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton visited Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt last month (prior to lockdown) to hear about plans to upgrade the rooms, thanks to capital grants funding through the Federal Government’s Aged Care Approvals Round. He is pictured with Acting Clinical Care Coordinator Gladys Apostol, Whiddon Narrabri Director Care Services Sara…
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