Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Development Dr Anne Webster and Macquarie Home Stay CEO Rod Crowfoot are campaigning to obtain funding for the Macquarie Home Stay expansion. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is continuing his campaign to obtain funding for the expansion of Macquarie Home Stay.…
DetailsPhoto caption: Central Darling Shire Council General Manager Greg Hill and Administrator Bob Stewart, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and NSW Rural Fire Service Director of Area Operations Northern, Assistant Commissioner Jayson McKellar opened the new Ivanhoe Multi Service Outlet today. Ivanhoe residents can now access a range of government services in a modern,…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) pictured with Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey at AgQuip last week. Clarifying Marrabinya concerns A peaceful protest took place outside my Dubbo office last Friday, in response to changes to the Integrated Team Care (ITC) Program, which is currently being delivered by Maari Ma Health Aboriginal…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton caught up with members of the Toomelah Local Aboriginal Land Council last week. Apply now for Volunteer Grants I am inviting eligible not-for-profit organisations in the Parkes electorate to submit an expression of interest to my office for the 2022-23 Volunteer Grants program. Whether it’s volunteering with…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Necia Benjamin from the Lightning Ridge Piranhas Swimming Club, which received $2,000 under the 2021 Volunteer Grants to enable volunteers to travel to undertake learn to swim training. Community groups in the Parkes electorate are encouraged to apply now for a share of $66,225 in…
DetailsClimate change legislation worrying The legislation of the Labor Government’s emissions reduction target is worrying. I am not a climate change denier – I accept the 43 per cent reduction target that Labor took to the election. This 43 per cent is now formally recognised by the United Nations as Australia’s emissions reduction target, so…
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…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (16:42): I’d like to bring to the House’s attention the incredible achievement of Menindee grazier Brendan Cullen, who just this week has swum the English Channel. What’s amazing about Brendan’s achievement is that he did all his training in western New South Wales, in the Menindee Lakes. He started this process…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (19:50): I would like to speak tonight about the attack by the Albanese-Marles Labor government on regional Australia. With the changes to the distribution priority area for health, we are already seeing doctors from more remote and regional areas flocking into more highly populated areas. That is because of changes to…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (18:19): I can’t believe we are debating this matter so soon in the term of a new government. If you went to the dictionary and looked up the word ‘irony’, it would point you to the member for Gilmore’s speech. The towns that she spoke about, where she’s having the problems,…
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