The annual Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards are open once again, and Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is strongly urging young poets to throw their hat in the ring. “The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards are the perfect opportunity for school students in my electorate to get creative and put pen to paper,” Mr Coulton said. “Based…
DetailsThe Abbott Coalition Government will introduce more generous means testing arrangements for youth payments from 1 January 2016 to give families in the Parkes electorate better opportunities to support their children from school to further study, Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said today. “The Coalition Government will remove the Family Asset Test and…
DetailsPhoto caption: Cobar Shire Council General Manager Peter Vlatko, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, Cobar Youth and Community Centre Manager Brytt Moore, architect Ashley Dunn, NSW Member of the Legislative Council Sam Farraway and Cobar Shire Council Project Coordinator Carly Hunter officially opened the Cobar Youth and Community Centre today. The Youth and Community…
DetailsYouth in the Parkes Electorate will have chance to set sail in Young Endeavour, with the ballot for the 2015 Young Endeavour World Voyage now open for young Australians aged 18 to 30. With crews of 24 youth and twelve Royal Australian Navy staff, the ship will sail the Roaring Forties, across the Atlantic Ocean,…
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