Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from right) pictured with Walgett Shire Council Director Infrastructure and Compliance Kazi Mahmud, Councillor Alf Seaton, Mayor Jasen Ramien and General Manager Megan Dixon at the opening of the Collarenebri Bore Baths. Tourists will soon be flocking to Collarenebri now that the town’s new bore baths…
DetailsPhoto caption: Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton (right), and The Nationals Candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey (left), at the Dunedoo mural honouring local Paralympian Jamieson Leeson. Catching up with local communities Last week it was great to spend some time on the road with The Nationals’ candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey. In Coolah, we had…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton spoke against the Future Made in Australia Bill in Parliament last week. Opposition to Future Made in Australia Bill Last week in Parliament I spoke against Labor’s Future Made in Australia Bill, which is all about investing in an economy powered by renewable energy. I’m becoming increasingly…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:51): Over the years, I’ve heard magnificent speeches in this place about decentralisation, regional development, lower carbon emissions, cheaper prices in our capital cities, better access to ports for farms and miners, lower use of fossil fuel, jobs for Aboriginal people, a lower death toll on the Newell Highway and…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (18:37): I rise tonight to speak on the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024, and I’ll state from the outset that I am opposed to this bill. I’ve been listening to the speeches, particularly on the other side, and sometimes I think I’m in a high school debating club where…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:36): Last weekend in the far west of New South Wales, in my electorate, there was a three-day music festival, the Mundi Mundi Bash. There were 14,500 people, and 5,000 caravans rolled into town. Broken Hill and Silverton were absolutely chock-a-block with people. While they were there, they undertook the…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Dubbo Regional Council Chief Executive Officer Murray Wood and Mayor Mathew Dickerson pictured at the site of the Wiradjuri Cultural Tourism Centre and Keeping Place. Projects still waiting on funding The Labor Government continues to starve regional Australia of much-needed economic development funding with its failure…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Gunida Gunyah Aboriginal Corporation CEO Jane Bender. The Labor Government continues to starve regional Australia of much-needed economic development funding with its failure to deliver on successful grant applications announced in May. Five major projects in the Parkes electorate were approved for funding under the…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (16:05): A short while ago, early in the winter, Wee Waa lost one of its most loved and respected citizens. Frank Hadley, a cotton pioneer, passed away at Wee Waa at the age of 97. Frank was a pioneer in the true sense of the word. Frank and Paul Kahl,…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) and Nationals’ candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey speaking with constituents in Dubbo. After two years of high interest rates, along with skyrocketing energy bills and grocery prices, many people in the Parkes electorate are struggling. Australians are paying 20 per cent more personal income tax, real…
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