School children will be able to safely cross the busy Bloomfield Road in Gunnedah thanks to a $297,000 investment from the Australian and NSW Governments, as part of a $400 million blitz designed to reduce road trauma and save lives. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the…
DetailsThe Australian and New South Wales Governments’ accelerated $398 million investment in road safety improvements through the Safer Roads Program is making a big difference in regional communities, with $2.368 million being invested to improve the Old Dubbo Road. Federal Member for Parkes and Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government Mark…
DetailsThe Australian and New South Wales Governments’ accelerated $398 million investment in road safety improvements through the Safer Roads Program is making a big difference in regional communities, with $1.13 million being invested in road safety enhancements in Broken Hill. Federal Member for Parkes and Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes-The Nationals Chief Whip) (09:30): I rise this morning to speak about the crisis that is unfolding across northern New South Wales and more widely across regional Australia at the moment. This crisis is the poor state of local and regional roads. The poor condition of the roads has probably been hidden…
DetailsAN expansion of Rivwest Finance Limited’s office on Talbragar Street in Dubbo is a new opening for small business in western New South Wales, Small Business Minister Michael McCormack says. Joining local Nationals’ MP Mark Coulton, Mr McCormack opened the new office building and celebrated the firm’s 21st birthday with employees and clients today. “Rivwest…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, Narromine Shire Council General Manager Jane Redden and Mayor Craig Davies pictured outside the Narromine Shire Council building which will be upgraded as part of the Narromine Revitalisation and Activation Project. The Narromine region is set to be transformed, with the Federal Government providing $600,000 for various…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (18:40): I’ll start by reinforcing the member for Sturt’s last comments. Scaring people with false information is about one of the lowest forms of politics there is. I can confirm what he said because I was dealing with the emails and phone calls myself. The issue tonight is the cashless debit…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said Labor’s plan to underwrite a five-fold increase in new government-backed renewables across Australia will have profoundly damaging consequences in the Parkes electorate and continue to drive up the cost of living. Energy Minister Chris Bowen has initiated a market intervention to achieve Labor’s 82 per cent renewables by…
DetailsIn reference to the previous speaker, I suspect that the people of Dawson are also waiting with bated breath to see how the emissions trading scheme legislation goes in a couple of months time and where their representatives are going to vote on that and the negative impact that it is going to have on…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has reached out to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) for answers after many constituents in the Far West town of Ivanhoe were not sufficiently informed about an opportunity for remote voting. “It’s wonderful that the AEC has organised for a Remote Voter Services team to visit the Ivanhoe area,…
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