Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has today announced more than $145,000 from Round Two of the Coalition’s Safer Streets Programme to fund closed-circuit television (CCTV) in Bourke. The Safer Streets Programme supports communities at the grass roots to help address crime and anti-social behaviour and boost crime prevention initiatives to keep our streets safe.…
DetailsTwo significant election commitments were announced last week that are focused on improving rural and regional areas including communities across the Parkes electorate. Firstly, it was announced that a re-elected Coalition Government will re-focus its billion dollar National Stronger Regions Fund (NSRF) to be eligible only to regional, rural and remote Australia and be broadened…
DetailsA re-elected Liberal-National Government will contribute $100,000 towards improving the economics of moving grain from local farms to customers in North West New South Wales (NSW). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce and Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today announced that North West NSW grain growers operating as the…
DetailsA re-elected Turnbull Government will provide $80,000 for restoration work at the Outback Community Church in Broken Hill. The grant will go to Outback Community Church Incorporated to conserve the exterior of the Oxide St property, which was formerly the Masonic club. The project will focus on restoring the encircling verandah and the façade of…
DetailsIn 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote that there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. It could be argued that there is in fact another certainty in life that we all experience every second of every day: ageing. Australia has an ever increasing ageing population and the people of the Parkes electorate are…
DetailsWestern Plains Regional Council Administrator Michael Kneipp, in the company of Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton MP, officially opened the Darling Street re-development today (Thursday 16 June, 2016) “The Darling Street Redevelopment is a significant project to renew aged infrastructure and create a functional street design that also improves traffic management, pedestrian and cyclist…
DetailsI was very pleased to have my colleague, Deputy Leader of the Nationals and Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash, in Dubbo last week confirming that a re-elected Coalition Government will contribute $25 million towards construction of an integrated cancer centre for Western New South Wales (NSW), based at Dubbo Hospital. On another health issue,…
DetailsThe Narromine Aviation Museum project, which has added a 600m2 extension to the existing museum, is now complete, with the $430,000 project officially opened today. Minister for Regional Development Fiona Nash said the Nationals invested $210,000 towards the project to construct a space for the museum to display aircraft and other artefacts, photographs and documents.…
DetailsThe Coalition is getting on with the job of delivering our water infrastructure needs, today announcing $850,000 to fast-track a feasibility study into a new pipeline for Cobar and Nyngan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce and Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today announced the funding, as part of…
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…
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