Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcomed Labor’s commitment to honour the Vietnam Ag Visa agreement. Thoughts with flooded communities My thoughts are with all the communities in the Parkes electorate that are being devastated by flooding. The river system in the entire electorate is in flood and has been flooding for some…
DetailsPhoto Caption: Member for Parkes Mark Coulton attended the Namoi Unlimited board meeting and workshops at the Roxy Theatre in Bingara last week – Namoi Unlimited is a joint organisation of several councils in New South Wales, which includes two member councils in the Parkes electorate. Supporting regional communities It was great to be at…
DetailsPhoto Caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton – it was a privilege to meet with Gail O’Brien AO (wife of the late Professor Chris O’Brien AO) and Catherine Lambert (Director of Nursing and Clinical Operations) during last week’s visit to the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse ‘You Can’ centre in Sydney, for adolescents and young adults…
DetailsSpotlight on drought in Parkes electorate It’s important that my Federal colleagues see for themselves the devastating impact of the drought. That’s why I was so pleased to host the Federal Agriculture Minister, Senator Bridget McKenzie in Moree over the weekend. I introduced the Minister to well-known Moree businessman, Col Thomas of Thomas-Lee Motorcycles. Col,…
DetailsSpotlight on bank closures It was good to host Senator Matthew Canavan in Moree last week to talk to locals about the impact of bank closures, just a day before Westpac’s Moree branch closed its doors for the final time after almost 150 years of serving the community. Senator Canavan is currently touring around the…
DetailsSilverton Road to be upgraded I’m pleased to announce that work is this week beginning to seal and widen an 18-kilometre section of road that connects Broken Hill with the iconic Silverton. The $1.4 million project to upgrade Silverton Road will provide reliable, all-weather access to the historic mining village. Works involve widening the road…
DetailsShaded saleyards ahead of summer Last week I was joined by Dubbo Regional Council Mayor Ben Shields as we proudly unveiled the new shade sails at the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets, made possible with $195,000 in funding from the Federal Government’s Drought Communities Programme (DCP). The DCP is all about creating projects that provide local…
DetailsSaluting Their Service with local grants I’m thrilled to announce that three groups in the Parkes electorate committed to preserving Australia’s military history have been awarded $18,000 under the Federal Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program. Congratulations to the Moree Plains Shire Council, Condobolin RSL Club and Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Dubbo, all…
DetailsRural health, NDIS discussions During the week I met with representatives of Marathon Health in Dubbo to discuss some of the important programs they are rolling out to deliver quality health and wellbeing services. I was also able to congratulate the organisation on receiving a $20,000 Federal Government grant under the second round of Transition…
DetailsPhoto Caption 1 (L-R): Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with Dubbo Regional Council Mayor Ben Shields, State Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders and Dubbo Regional Council CEO Michael McMahon. Road safety investment for our region A whopping $10 million investment from the Federal Coalition Government will see key road infrastructure improvements underway in the…
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