The Lake Cargelligo Early Learning Centre will install solar panels and a battery, and upgrade lighting at their premises, with a $30,847 grant from the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR). Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the grant has been committed under the FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together initiative, which is supported…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Coonabarabran Tennis Club Vice President and co-organiser of the Tuesday night ladies competition Yvonne Rice, co-organiser of the ladies competition Maureen Sullivan, outgoing President Kevin Tighe and Treasurer Kathryn Christoff in front of the solar on the clubhouse. Coonabarabran Tennis Club will be able to save…
DetailsPhoto: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with CEO of Southern Cross Care Mr Bernard Nankivell After months of uncertainty, Broken Hill’s sole aged care provider is set to receive $4.4 million in Federal funding under the Market Adjustment Program. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has been working to advocate for Southern Cross Care…
DetailsA grant of $10,125 through the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Programme will ensure the Broken Hill Resource and Toy Library will now be able to install updated air-conditioning and solar panels. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Member for Casey, the Hon Tony Smith visited…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has today announced that the Western New South Wales (NSW) Community Legal Centre in Dubbo will receive a grant of $1.11 million over three years to provide legal assistance and other support services to women who are experiencing domestic violence. Dubbo and the surrounding regions will benefit from this…
DetailsI’ve got to admit the drought is severe. We have never experienced a level of dryness and drought like we’ve seen over the last three or four years. But, despite that, unemployment levels in regional Australia are quite low. Indeed, before the drought, unemployment in Dubbo was 2.2 per cent and across my entire electorate,…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (10:46): The drought continues to bite across regional Australia in the eastern States, particularly in my electorate of Parkes, the just under 400,000 square kilometres that I represent in this place. There has been some relief in the north-eastern part of the electorate, and we’re starting…
DetailsCommunities in the Parkes electorate that have lost their bank are this week in the spotlight as part of a recently established Senate inquiry into regional bank closures. Chair of the Committee Senator Matthew Canavan was joined in Moree by Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton as part of a national tour he is conducting…
DetailsMark Coulton (Parkes, National Party) I too rise to make some brief comments on this discussion paper. Indeed sometimes in this job as a member of parliament you get to a point where you think you have done something worthwhile as part of a team, and today is one of those occasions. One of the…
DetailsI am proud of all the programs and changes I was able to deliver during my time as Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. It has been a privilege to work with rural health professionals across the sector to improve healthcare in regional, rural and remote Australia and keep people in the…
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