Clucky success for region honeyeater

There’s another type of COVID baby boom at Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo with the successful hatching of critically endangered Regent Honeyeater chicks after another successful year of captive breeding. The zoo’s brand-new holding aviary and ongoing captive breeding program, supported by the Morrison Government’s $200 million investment in bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat,…

Details

Narrabri’s lead role in national recycling

Photo caption: Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton received a tour of the Australian Recycled Plastics facility in Narrabri from Operations Manager Terrence Duncan and owner operator Dale Smith. Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley today joined Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton in Narrabri highlighting the important role…

Details

$1 million for Gunnedah Koalas

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (third from left) and Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley (third from right) announced $1 million in funding for the North West Local Land Services to undertake a range of projects to help protect Gunnedah’s koala population. They are pictured with local landholder Elise Palzer and her son…

Details

Coulton’s Catch Up – Inland Rail section open in time for harvest, Out and about in Broken Hill, Remote roads targeted in new funding program, Best wishes for the HSC

Inland Rail section open in time for harvest Farmers and producers in the North West will be able to take full advantage of the current strong agricultural export prices with a key section of the enhanced Inland Rail freight line open ahead of the grain harvest season. Upgrades to a 29-kilometre stretch of the Narrabri…

Details

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre a step closer to becoming a reality

Caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton today met with stakeholders and members of the Alcohol and Other Drug Detox and Rehabilitation Facility steering committee, including Inspector Tom Aylett from the Barrier Police, Broken Hill City Council’s Dionne Devlin, Western Primary Health Network’s Andrew Coe, Helene Fox from Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation, Andrew House…

Details