More 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…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured with West Darling Arts’ executive officer Cathy Farry during a visit a few years ago. The Broken Hill arts sector has received a major boost in its recovery from COVID-19, with West Darling Arts awarded more than $300,000 to fund a range of contemporary arts and…
DetailsMotorists travelling on Silverton Road in the Far West will now enjoy a smoother and more efficient journey, thanks to a $3.5 million upgrade funded by the Federal and New South Wales governments. Work to widen and seal an 18-kilometre section of the road between the historic mining village of Silverton and Broken Hill is…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton visited Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt last month (prior to lockdown) to hear about plans to upgrade the rooms, thanks to capital grants funding through the Federal Government’s Aged Care Approvals Round. He is pictured with Acting Clinical Care Coordinator Gladys Apostol, Whiddon Narrabri Director Care Services Sara…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton encourages community groups, farmers and landholders across the Parkes electorate to apply for funding under the second round of the Healthy Rivers Program. The second round of the Coalition Government’s Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program is now open for applications. Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt said…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (second from left) pictured with DCRA President Ian Gourley, University of Sydney’s Narrabri campus commercial cropping supervisor Kieran Shephard and Director Northern Region Agriculture Dr Guy Roth at the University of Sydney’s Narrabri campus, where three trial sites will be set up to utilise AquaTill technology thanks…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton, Bourke Shire Mayor Barry Holman and General Manager Mark Riley inspected the progress of one of Bourke Shire Council’s LRCI projects funded under round one during a visit to Bourke last month. Shovels will hit the ground across the Parkes electorate as almost $6 million worth of…
DetailsPhoto caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is pleased to announce that the Australian Government is contributing $4,839,696 in funding for road safety upgrades along the Mitchell Highway, between Nyngan and Bourke. New road safety upgrades and improvements will be delivered to the Mitchell Highway thanks to more than $4.8 million in funding from…
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