Rural landholders in the Federal Electorate of Parkes are set to benefit from a better water supply thanks to $4.51 million worth of projects to be funded in the Great Artesian Basin. The Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said the money would be spent on initiatives that would both save water, and boost water…
DetailsThe Coalition Government’s $5 million Environment Small Grants programme will assist local Landcare, environment and other natural resource management groups with funding to help restore their local environment in the Electorate of Parkes. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said the Government is providing the grants under Phase 2 of its National Landcare Program, to…
DetailsFederal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries announced that local museum Lightning Ridge Opal and Fossil Centre had received a grant of $97,500 to support a $195,000 project to develop a 50 person, dormitory style accommodation at the Centre. Mr Humphries said the grant support was from the 2017/18 round…
DetailsPeople with disability in the Electorate of Parkes can benefit from grants, which will give people the opportunity to attend national events and conferences the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said. He said the Nationals-Liberal Government is making it easier for people with disability to participate in nationally focused, disability-related conferences held in Australia. Grants…
DetailsStudents from regional and remote areas will be able to start university sooner because of changes that make it easier for them to be considered independent for student payments, the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said. To qualify as independent for Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY Living Allowance, students from regional or remote areas must earn…
DetailsEmployment opportunities for Aboriginal people have been bolstered in the Electorate of Parkes through the Coalition Government’s Tailored Assistance Employment Grants [TAEG] programme. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion said the programme aims to provide training for 200 young Indigenous people to work in the sheep meat…
DetailsFarmers across the Electorate of Parkes in the dairy, grains and red meat sectors will have their tariffs to Peru slashed following the historic signing of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA). Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said PAFTA will eliminate 99.4 per cent of tariffs that exporters face into Peru, putting Australian farmers…
DetailsWITH more than 180 jobs at risk, the Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has expressed bitter disappointment at the vote in the Senate to disallow the Basin Plan amendment relating to the Northern Murray Darling Basin. “This vote is not about protecting the environment, this is political expediency and absolute ignorance of the hard…
DetailsSupport for residents and community-based anti-smoking campaigns in the Electorate of Parkes are the local focus of the record $183.7 million in funding for Australia’s first four-year Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program. “Together, we are making progress in reducing smoking rates but tobacco is still claiming the lives of far too many local Indigenous people,”…
DetailsApplications have opened for Global Connections Fund (GCF) Priming Grants to help Australian researchers and business to expand their work overseas. The Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton said small and medium businesses and researchers in the Electorate of Parkes are encouraged to apply for the grants of up to $7000 to help them collaborate and…
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