Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has today announced Commonwealth Government funding for four small capital projects delivering social benefits to communities in and around Dubbo, Narromine, Trangie and Warren. The funding announcements are a result of Round 1 of the Coalition Government’s Stronger Communities Programme. The purpose of the programme is to improve local…
DetailsConstruction of the $35 million Western Cancer Centre in Dubbo reached its highest point today, with a traditional topping-out ceremony held to mark the completion of structural works on the building. Federal Member for Parkes and Minister for Regional Health Mark Coulton and State Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders were joined by the project team…
DetailsSky Muster satellite users will be able to receive around 50 per cent more peak data and twice as much off-peak data from October, the Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton announced. Mr Coulton said the Nationals/Liberal Government will assist NBN to provide the extra data at no extra cost to retailers. “Despite some cases…
DetailsI rise tonight to speak about an issue that has become quite a problem in western New South Wales, including in my electorate of Parkes. That issue is the shortage of skilled workers. In the last season since the drought broke there has been a real shortage of people to do the job, mainly in…
DetailsStudents in the Gwydir region will have the opportunity to learn useful vocational skills in the newly opened Gwydir Learning Region Trade Training Centre. The Gwydir Learning Region Trade Training Centre, with sites located at Warialda High School, Bingara Central School and at the Gwydir Shire Council, will allow secondary school students to earn qualifications…
DetailsThe Newell Highway will be safer for all motorists, with 16 new overtaking lanes along the highway creating safer overtaking opportunities for drivers. New South Wales Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight Duncan Gay said the completion of line marking at Kyalite, between Parkes and Dubbo, on the last of the 16 additional overtaking lanes…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcomed the declaration by the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, that the February 2017 ‘Sir Ivan Fires’ bushfires were a disaster for the purposes of establishing Australian disaster relief funds. “Following the fires, the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, immediately raised the plight of his local…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured at the Gunnedah Show last week. The Liberal National Government has committed $15.4 million for a second round of the Agricultural Shows Development Grant Program. Program is to support the repairs, upgrades, building or buying showground infrastructure or attractions for showgrounds. Agricultural shows will benefit from…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcomed an announcement of eight Short Term Restorative Care [STRC] places for the Broken Hill-based provider Annecto Inc by the Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt AM. Six places have been budgeted for the 2016-17 financial year and a further two places have received funding for the 2017-18 year,…
DetailsAs Australians prepare to spend around $50 billion in the lead-up to Christmas Day, Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has urged residents across Western and Far West New South Wales to shop small in their local communities. “The coming month is when many local businesses take risks, make investments and employ more locals in…
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