More towns and communities in New South Wales will soon be reaping the benefits of Inland Rail, as the project continues to breathe new life into regional economies. The Australian Rail Track Corporation has progressed agreements with Laing O’Rourke (Freight Connect) and Acciona CPB Joint Venture (ACACPB JV) for the detailed designs and civil works…
DetailsThe highly anticipated Western Cancer Centre in Dubbo has opened to patients, bringing life-saving services much closer to home for people in regional and remote areas of Western NSW. Construction of the $35 million project is now complete, and services have begun moving into the state-of-the-art facility at Dubbo Hospital in stages from Monday 20…
DetailsFirst phase of N2NS section on track to be complete by harvest It was fantastic to get a first-hand update of the progress of the Inland Rail Narrabri to North Star section during a tour of the works near Gurley last week. It’s exciting to see so much activity happening along the rail line, with…
DetailsFive roadside rest areas across the Parkes electorate will be upgraded to help combat driver fatigue and make local roads safer, thanks to funding under the Liberal and Nationals Government’s Driver Reviver Site Upgrade Program. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said there is nothing more important than saving lives, which is what this funding…
DetailsFour students from the Parkes electorate have been announced as winners of Australia’s annual Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards during a special virtual ceremony today. Gunnedah High School student Holly Munday, 14, took out the Kurrumbede Award (Secondary) for her poem Killers of the Night; 11-year-old Eileen Murphy from Fairfax Public School at Maules Creek was…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with Gilgandra Mayor Doug Batten and Jack Towney Hostel Board Chairman Michael Cain at the opening of the Jack Towney Hostel extensions in 2018. A Gilgandra residential aged care facility will be significantly upgraded as part of a Morrison Government grant aimed at strengthening aged care services…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) pictured with Warrumbungle Shire Mayor Ambrose Doolan. The Australian Government has unlocked $2.4 million to upgrade a strategically important road in the Warrumbungle Shire, with construction due to get underway by the end of the year. The $3 million Purlewaugh Road Upgrade is being jointly funded with…
DetailsMore residents across the Parkes electorate will have the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) to provide walk-in Pfizer clinics in a number of towns and villages in the North West, Far West and Central West areas of New South Wales. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has…
DetailsLocal businesses, suppliers and contractors are invited to tender for work to build new overtaking lanes along the Newell Highway between Coonabarabran and Narrabri. The Australian and New South Wales governments are jointly funding the rollout of additional overtaking lanes along this busy freight corridor, with 19 new lanes already delivered, eight under construction and…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is pleased to announce more than $71,000 in Federal Government funding for the Pave the Way to Gular 2022 Festival. He is pictured in front of a mural by one of the previous Pave the Way to Gular artists, John Murray from Lightning Ridge. The local arts…
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