The Australian Government has stepped up efforts to reduce the number of drowning deaths with the latest statistics showing 266 Australians drowned in the last year. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said the Royal Life Saving Society Drowning Report 2014 showed too many lives were being lost to drowning. Mr Coulton said the Minister…
DetailsThe Gilgandra and wider community has received a most welcome boost with the announcement of a $5,139 grant to pay for new furniture in the Curban Community Hall. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has congratulated Gilgandra Shire Council on their successful application, which has been funded under Round Four of the Coalition Government’s Stronger Communities…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) pictured with Cobalt Blue Holdings CEO Joe Kaderavek and Demonstration Plant Manager Adam Randall in Broken Hill. The Liberal and Nationals’ Government has announced further steps to position Australia as a critical minerals powerhouse through grants to support four projects that will deliver new job and…
DetailsThe community of Toomelah in the far north of NSW is receiving a significant upgrade to its infrastructure, as well as health and training benefits for local residents, thanks to the Coalition Government’s Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme (AACAP). The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, visited Toomelah…
DetailsFederal Coalition MPs representing the Far West today announced funding from the government’s Regional Connectivity Program to dramatically expand mobile phone coverage along the Silver City Highway, between Wentworth and the Coombah Roadhouse. The $3.9m project will deploy three new Telstra macro mobile sites, to provide new and improved handheld coverage and wireless broadband along…
DetailsStudents from regional and remote areas will be able to start university sooner because of changes that make it easier for them to be considered independent for student payments, the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said. To qualify as independent for Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY Living Allowance, students from regional or remote areas must earn…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton visiting Michell Machinery Dubbo to discuss the Instant Asset Write-off in 2020 Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has warned that Labor’s changes to the Instant Asset Write-off have hamstrung its ability to assist many businesses across the Parkes electorate. From 1 July 2023 businesses will have…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has today welcomed the start of the Australian Government’s new employment service jobactive. “jobactive is the Government’s new $6.8 billion employment service which will help more job seekers in our region to secure a job,” Mr Coulton said. “Through jobactive, local job seekers can receive help…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton last week presented the Boggabri Home and Community Care Centre with a cheque for $20,000 to support the replacement of the centre’s kitchen. With the centre utilised by numerous organisations that provide crucial support services to the Boggabri community, Mr Coulton said that this project is much more than…
DetailsThe Gunnedah community has received a most welcome boost with the announcement of a $12,560 grant to construct a new kitchen in the Sunnyfield Community Service Hub. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has congratulated Sunnyfield on their successful application, which has been funded under Round Four of the Coalition Government’s Stronger Communities Programme (SCP). “This…
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