Mobile Service Centre comes to NSW

Local residents across the Parkes electorate will have personalised access to government services this month, with the Coalition Government’s popular Mobile Service Centre ‘Golden Wattle’ coming to NSW. Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said residents of Wee Waa, Goodooga, Collarenebri, Enngonia, Brewarrina, Trangie and Narromine will have access to important services including Centrelink, Medicare…

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Grey Mardi Gras for Cobar, Coulton announces

Three projects in the Parkes electorate funded under round two of the Building Better Regions Fund Community Investment stream The Coalition Government is investing $77,100 in the Parkes electorate  to support community activities Over 100 Community Investment stream projects will share in more than $4 million Communities in the Parkes electorate will receive a boost…

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Child care relief across the Parkes electorate

More child care support for more families is here, with the Coalition Government’s new child care system commencing today (2 July). Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said the reforms will provide much needed child care relief for around 4,420 families across his electorate. “For a long time, families have struggled with the cost of child…

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Getting children more active in the Parkes electorate

Applications are closing soon for the Coalition’s popular Sporting Schools program and Mark Coulton, Member for the Parkes electorate, is encouraging all local schools in his electorate to apply. “Sport and physical activity are an important part of holistic childhood development, and I’d like to get more children across the Parkes electorate active,” Mr Coulton…

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Boosting regional mobile phone coverage

Mark Coulton, Member for the Parkes electorate, has announced that the Federal Government will invest in addressing more mobile service black spots across the region. The Coalition is committing $25 million for a fourth round of the Mobile Black Spot Program, which will boost mobile phone coverage within regional and remote communities. “Further funding to…

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A flying start for Moree Regional Airport upgrade

Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Michael McCormack, recently joined with Moree Plains Shire Council to review stage one improvements to the Moree Regional Airport’s critical infrastructure upgrade. The upgrade includes the lighting system, towards which the Coalition Government provided $500,000, and is part of…

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Delivering a safer community across the Parkes electorate

More than $250,000 in Federal Government funding to promote safer communities across the Parkes electorate has been announced by Mark Coulton, Member for Parkes. The funding has been committed under Round 2 of the Coalition’s $40 million Safer Communities Fund. The funding will be used to improve community safety in Broken Hill, Condobolin, Dubbo and…

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