Labor rips funding from emergency personnel

At a time when Australia has been experiencing widespread and devastating flooding in multiple states, the Albanese Government has chosen to rip funding supporting crucial frontline workers in the electorate of Parkes. The Coalition Government backed in our essential first responders by providing $10 million over two years to charity organisation Fortem Australia, for essential…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Grants for flood-affected primary producers, Recognising veterans in Broken Hill, Remembering our fallen

Grants for flood-affected primary producers I’m pleased that flood-affected primary producers in the Parkes electorate can apply for recovery grants of up to $25,000 as part of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. The grants are now available for eligible primary producers in the Local Government Areas that have been disaster declared from…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Labor’s Budget a blow to the Parkes electorate, Building Better Regions Fund scrapped, Innovative Broken Hill renewable energy storage project

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton goes over the Budget with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. Labor’s Budget a blow to the Parkes electorate Sadly, the Parkes electorate was one of the biggest losers in Labor’s Federal Budget, which delivered several blows to our regions. The slashing of the highly popular Building Better Regions…

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Statements By Members – Moree Westpac Bank Branch

Statements By Members Moree: Westpac Branch Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:34): As we stand here today, floods are right across the Parkes electorate. Moree, in particular, has been hit hard, and at the moment they’re cleaning up. And, as they have done over the years, they will get on with life after the flood…

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Labor confirms funding to rural and regional Australia to be slashed

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from right), with Bourke and District Children’s Services President Tanya Jackson, Bourke Shire Council Mayor Barry Hollman and General Manager Leonie Brown and Bourke and District Children’s Services General Manager Prue Ritchie pictured underneath the collapsed roof at the Bourke Childcare Centre. The childcare centre was…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Devastating flooding continues, Faster internet for parts of Moree, Supporting local music festivals, Innovate with NBN grants

Photo caption: Flooding devastated Moree over the weekend, with dozens of homes inundated by water. Pictured is the Moree Scout Hall which went under water. Devastating flooding continues Flooding continues across the Parkes electorate, with all the river systems across the electorate now in flood. My thoughts are with those communities impacted as they begin the…

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