Coulton’s Catch Up – Visit to flood-ravaged Condobolin, Further flood recovery support, Celebrating 15 years as Member for Parkes, Completed Inland Rail track opened, Murray-Darling Basin concerns

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton joined NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Lachlan Shire Council Mayor John Medcalf, NSW Minister for Emergency Services Steph Cooke and State Member for Barwon Roy Butler in Condobolin on Friday to assess the flood damage. Visit to flood-ravaged Condobolin Following a busy week in Parliament, I was pleased…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Vale Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Certificates of appreciation for local veterans, Last chance to apply for Volunteer Grants, Pave the Way to Gular

Vale Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Australia, and the world, is in mourning following the terribly sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last week. For many of us, Queen Elizabeth was the only monarch we have ever known. She provided stability, strength and reassurance to the people of the Commonwealth throughout her 70-year…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Vaccine rollout continues, Indigenous rangers for Murray-Darling Basin, Enhancing research in regional areas

Vaccine rollout continues, despite setback It was great to catch up with Andrea and Rhonda from Associate Medical Practice in Moree last week to see how their COVID-19 vaccine rollout is going. The clinic has been participating in Phase 1B of the vaccination program for two weeks now and by all accounts it’s going well…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Trees to be planted across the Parkes electorate, Connecting with grant recipients, Locals bettering the lives of Indigenous youth

Trees to be planted across the Parkes electorate Trees will be planted across the Parkes electorate thanks to more than $76,000 in funding provided under the Planting Trees for The Queen’s Jubilee Program. It was a pleasure to visit the first three recipients last week, including the MET Condobolin Campus, Macquarie Home Stay in Dubbo…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Tree plantings to commemorate the late Queen, Energy bill unlikely to bring meaningful relief, Chamber flag presented to Gunnedah South Public School, Christmas wishes

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and wife Robyn wish everyone in the Parkes electorate a merry Christmas and happy New Year. Tree plantings to commemorate the late Queen On Friday it was lovely to attend a commemorative event at North Star Public School where seven recently-planted snow pear trees were unveiled to…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Training more rural doctors, ABC Heywire winners, Uni students should claim early

Training more rural doctors As both Minister for Regional Health and Member for Parkes, I’m focused on addressing the maldistribution of doctors in the bush. That’s why I was proud to announce last week that 100 additional training places have been allocated to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) to train more…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Tourism to boom in Collarenebri; Fighting for farmers; Funding for isolated aged care providers; Grants available for innovative ideas

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Nationals’ candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey met with Jobs Australia’s Tracey Reid at Allawah Cottage, a crisis accommodation for women, children and pets escaping domestic violence. Jobs Australia is seeking funding to build another cottage to meet increased demand. Tourism to boom in Collarenebri I was…

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Coulton’s Catch Up – Tour of Basin communities, Disaster recovery funding, Farewell to Ev

Photo caption: Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt (third from left) and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from right) pictured at the Collarenebri Primitive Camping Ground where the Collarenebri Bore Bath will be built, with Collarenebri Health Service Manager Suzanne Mahoney, Registered Nurse Marlise Latta, Walgett Shire councillor Lawrence Walford, Mayor Ian…

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