Funding for financially vulnerable I am calling on local community organisations to apply for funding to support financially vulnerable Australians access critical services in the Parkes electorate. The Federal Government is providing $328 million in grant funding for community organisations to administer financial crisis assistance and education programs, through the Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity…
DetailsMore than 4300 residents across Gunnedah can now reap the rewards of fast internet, with the nbn™ broadband access network ready for service in the area. Federal Member for the Parkes electorate, Mark Coulton, announced the switch on in Gunnedah today (Friday 20 July). He said home and business owners in Gunnedah should fully utilise…
DetailsResidents of the rural township of Curlewis are now closer to a guaranteed water supply, with today marking the official sod turn of the $5.2 million Curlewis Pipeline Project. Federal Member for Parkes was joined by Mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council, Jamie Chaffey, Gunnedah Shire Council staff and representatives from TCM Civil Pty Ltd at…
DetailsTo maximise local employment benefits of the Inland Rail, for an important section of the 1700-kilometre Brisbane to Melbourne route, the Coalition Government has announced it will be establishing a ‘One-Stop-Shop’. It comes after the preferred construction contractor for the Parkes to Narromine section of the Inland Rail – the INLink Joint Venture – was…
DetailsA community consultation meeting to be held in Narrabri on Tuesday 24 July will pave the way for better telecommunication services in rural, regional and remote areas. The Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) is convened every three years to examine regional telecommunication services in Australia, and has been travelling to regional and remote Australia…
DetailsAn exciting new mining project in central New South Wales has the potential to put Australia at the heart of clean energy development. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Resources Minister Matt Canavan today joined local Federal Member Mark Coulton on site at the Clean TeQ Sunrise mine and processing project near Parkes. The mine…
DetailsOn the road across the Parkes electorate I spent last week on the road, travelling from Moree to Narrabri, Dubbo to Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo, Cobar, Wilcannia and Menindee to Broken Hill, and everywhere in between. The Parkes electorate is just shy of 400,000 square kilometres, and often the best way to serve its many and…
Details$1.4 million for four projects in the Parkes electorate funded under Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream Coalition Government investing $1.4 million in projects in the Parkes electorate 136 projects to be funded under the Infrastructure Projects stream, with the Coalition Government investing over $200 million Cobar Shire Council will build a new…
DetailsFour projects in the Parkes electorate funded under Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream Coalition Government investing $1.4 million in projects in the Parkes electorate 136 projects will be funded under the Infrastructure Projects stream, with the Coalition Government investing over $200 million The Broken Hill YMCA will receive an upgrade to its…
DetailsFour projects in the Parkes electorate funded under Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream Coalition Government investing $1.4 million in projects in the Parkes electorate 136 projects will be funded under the Infrastructure Projects stream, with the Coalition Government investing over $200 million Baradine residents will reap the rewards of more than $740,000…
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