The Morrison McCormack Government is investing $37.1 million to strengthen telecommunications resilience in bushfire and disaster prone areas so that communities can stay connected during emergencies. Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, and Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government, the Hon Mark Coulton MP, said…
DetailsThe Australian Government is making it easier for older Australians to access the care they need to remain living in their own home through new home support assessment arrangements. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said the Government is calling for tenders to deliver around 240,000 assessments to people seeking aged care support in the…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton flew over Moree to inspect the damage following the flood last week. Moree Plains is one of a number of local government areas in the Parkes electorate eligible for the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. The Australian and NSW Governments are looking ahead to the next…
DetailsCommunity input will drive progress on the Narromine to Narrabri section of the transformational Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail project, as the preferred study corridor for the section was today confirmed by Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester. Mr Chester said the corridor was chosen following community consultation and extensive engineering reports. “The…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes, pictured in Bourke recently, encourages people in the Parkes electorate to stay home, get tested and follow the latest health advice. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is urging the people of the Parkes electorate to stay home, get tested and follow all the latest health advice in an effort…
DetailsThe Australian Government has completed an agreement which brings all jurisdictions together to implement the historic Murray-Darling Basin Plan for water reform. The Premiers of NSW and Queensland have now signed the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin and an amended National Partnership Agreement (NPA). A commitment to cap water…
DetailsMark Coulton (Parkes, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source Registered clubs and hotels in Australia play a vital role as a link for the community. Clubs in my electorate nurture junior sport. They are a place for communities to meet and for returned servicemen to gather-they are a place…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:45): I’d like to bring to the attention of the House the shocking decision by Southern Cross Austereo to remove the Spencer Gulf nightly news program. Obviously Spencer Gulf is in South Australia and the Parkes electorate is in New South Wales, but it was the only TV news that…
Details30 May 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:48): Last week, one of the most well-respected and loved organisations in Australia celebrated its 95th birthday. The Royal Flying Doctor Service, set up by Reverend John Flynn all those years ago, has grown into a very large and efficient organisation. I would like to touch on…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:27): Today I announced to my party room that I would not be contesting the next election. I have been in this place since 2007. I was elected in the Rudd slide of 2007, and by the time the next election comes around, I will have served for 17 years.…
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