20 June 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:36): This morning my office was contacted by a pensioner from Gunnedah. She was most upset because she lives alone and is terribly concerned about how she’s going to manage her living expenses. The Albanese government before the election promised power prices would go down by $275,…
Details27 March 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:33): Next week I’ll be travelling to Wilcannia to attend a ceremony that I’ve been looking forward to for some quite some time. It will be the sod turn—the ceremonial start—of the Baaka centre. The Baaka centre will be a facility right in the middle of Wilcannia…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:44): At the moment, the people in my electorate are under attack. They’re not under attack from flood or drought or pestilence. They’re under attack from the elected government of this country. At the moment, they are dealing with issues like losing 450 gigalitres of productive water—the very lifeblood that…
Details6 September 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:45): I’d like to inform the House that construction on the long-awaited Australian Opal Centre at Lightning Ridge has commenced. This project has been in the pipeline for probably 20 years. I’ve personally been involved in it for 16 of those years. It’s brought together funding from…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:45): I’d like to inform the House that construction on the long-awaited Australian Opal Centre at Lightning Ridge has commenced. This project has been in the pipeline for probably 20 years. I’ve personally been involved in it for 16 of those years. It’s brought together funding from the previous coalition…
Details18 October 2023 Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (18:19): I rise tonight to speak on this motion on the Hamas attacks on Israel. The images from those initial attacks on Israel, on the kibbutz and the music festival, were horrendous. I want it on the record that I completely condemn Hamas for undertaking that action.…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes–The Nationals Chief Whip) (12:47): I too rise here this afternoon to speak about the natural disasters that happen around Australia, particularly the ones in my electorate of Parkes. To show the diversity of Australia but particularly of my electorate, I was dealing with floods and bushfires at the same time. Indeed, as I…
DetailsI am proud of all the programs and changes I was able to deliver during my time as Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. It has been a privilege to work with rural health professionals across the sector to improve healthcare in regional, rural and remote Australia and keep people in the…
DetailsMark Coulton (Parkes, National Party) I too rise to make some brief comments on this discussion paper. Indeed sometimes in this job as a member of parliament you get to a point where you think you have done something worthwhile as part of a team, and today is one of those occasions. One of the…
DetailsCommunities in the Parkes electorate that have lost their bank are this week in the spotlight as part of a recently established Senate inquiry into regional bank closures. Chair of the Committee Senator Matthew Canavan was joined in Moree by Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton as part of a national tour he is conducting…
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