Applications are now being sought for Round Three of the $33.7 million Remote Airstrip Upgrade Programme, with the programme set to improve access for remote communities across the Parkes electorate. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said the funding allocated by the Government under the Programme showed its support for remote communities. “As…
DetailsCommunity organisations in the Electorate of Parkes have been urged to apply for Round Two of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF), with applications now open for funding to support further job creation and economic growth in regional and rural Australia. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said the Electorate had already benefitted…
DetailsCouncils and incorporated not-for-profit organisations in the electorate of Parkes will now be able to apply for funding of between $20,000 and $10 million for capital infrastructure projects under Round Two of the National Stronger Regions Fund. The National Stronger Regions Fund demonstrates the Government’s commitment to strengthening regions across Australia by investing in…
DetailsA Rowena Public School student has achieved success in Australia’s oldest national school poetry competition. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today congratulated seven-year-old Lincoln Cecil, winner of the Lower Primary category in the Dorothea Mackellar poetry competition. “Well done to Lincoln, who at such a young age has written an outstanding poem titled ‘The Beat’,”…
DetailsI rise to talk about a matter of the utmost significance in western New South Wales. The story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is the story of outback Australia. The flying doctor was born out of the desire of Reverend John Flynn to overcome the incredible adversity and isolation that plagued regional Australia in…
DetailsMore residents across the Parkes electorate will have the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) to provide walk-in Pfizer clinics in a number of towns and villages in the North West, Far West and Central West areas of New South Wales. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has…
DetailsI rise to speak on the Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009. Essentially, this bill is to extend the period of tenure for the members of the NRAC board. I do not have any major concerns with that. I think the members of the NRAC board are quite competent, and its chair, Keith Perrett, has done…
DetailsTeaching, training and retaining the next generation of health workers in rural, regional and remote Australia is a priority for the Coalition Government. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has welcomed the Coalition Government’s move to streamline the former Rural and Regional Teaching Infrastructure Grants program to better respond to the needs of rural communities…
DetailsThe application period for the first round of the Australian Government’s $100 million Rural Research and Development (R&D) for Profit grants programme is now open. The application period closes on 15 December. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton encouraged local industry, researchers and private organisations to think creatively to develop innovative and ongoing collaborations that…
DetailsThe local agricultural sector will benefit from a whopping $1.8 million being invested by the Federal Coalition Government to improve local roads and community assets in the Moree Plains Shire Council area. Federal Member for Parkes and Minister for Local Government Mark Coulton was today joined by Moree Plains Shire Council Acting Director of Engineering…
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