Death Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II And Accession Of His Majesty King Charles III Address Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (10:15): It’s a great honour and privilege for me to speak today on behalf of the people of the Parkes electorate, an electorate that covers half of New South Wales and an area that…
DetailsAged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 Second Reading Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (19:09): I rise today to speak on the Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 and support the amendment that was introduced by the member for Farrer. I want to make it very clear right from the start that…
DetailsStatements By Members Hermidale Future Farmers Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:32): I’d like to bring to the attention of the Australian parliament a wonderful project that’s happening in my electorate in the village of Hermidale. Hermidale Public School has seven students. Due to the generosity of a neighbouring farmer, they are now growing a…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (18:40): I’ll start by reinforcing the member for Sturt’s last comments. Scaring people with false information is about one of the lowest forms of politics there is. I can confirm what he said because I was dealing with the emails and phone calls myself. The issue tonight is the cashless debit…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (16:42): I’d like to bring to the House’s attention the incredible achievement of Menindee grazier Brendan Cullen, who just this week has swum the English Channel. What’s amazing about Brendan’s achievement is that he did all his training in western New South Wales, in the Menindee Lakes. He started this process…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (19:50): I would like to speak tonight about the attack by the Albanese-Marles Labor government on regional Australia. With the changes to the distribution priority area for health, we are already seeing doctors from more remote and regional areas flocking into more highly populated areas. That is because of changes to…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (18:19): I can’t believe we are debating this matter so soon in the term of a new government. If you went to the dictionary and looked up the word ‘irony’, it would point you to the member for Gilmore’s speech. The towns that she spoke about, where she’s having the problems,…
DetailsMr COULTON (Parkes—Opposition Whip) (13:37): Today I have the solemn duty to announce to the House the passing of Evelyn Barber from Narromine. For over 25 years, Evelyn served the people of the Parkes electorate, working in the Parkes electorate office in Dubbo for four federal members of parliament: Michael Cobb, Tony Lawler, John Cobb…
DetailsI speak today in support of the motion of the member for Fowler in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Until a number of years ago, I was blissfully unaware of the intricacies of what was going on in that part of the world. I would see the news reports that were coming through about…
DetailsIt is in vogue to talk of disaster and desperation to grab headlines and gain attention in the hallowed halls of policy in Canberra. But this approach masks what is happening in regional Australia and undermines the goal of those seeking to highlight the importance of our regions. Regional Australia has done well to avoid…
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