Photo Caption: Member for Parkes Mark Coulton was joined by Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt for a series of announcements and meetings in the Parkes electorate this week. Mr Coulton (right) and Mr Pitt (left) are pictured with Bourke Shire Council Mayor Barry Hollman and Brewarrina Shire Council Mayor Phillip O’Connor…
Photo Caption: Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Narrabri Shire Council Mayor Cathy Redding enjoying a cuppa and a chat at the Narrabri Driver Reviver site, which will be bolstered with $20,000 in Federal Government grant funding for mobile signage. Narrabri Shire Council has received $20,000 in Australian Government funding to install much-needed road safety…
Photo Caption (L-R): Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with Narromine Shire Council Mayor Craig Davies and Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt. Narromine Shire Council will receive a $450,000 funding boost from the Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program to develop the Aerodrome Industrial Park Hangar. The aviation industry in Narromine will receive…
Photo Caption (L-R): Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt, Mayor of Bourke Shire Council Barry Hollman, Mayor of Brewarrina Shire Council Phillip O’Connor and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton at today’s announcement in Bourke. Bourke and Brewarrina Shire Councils will share in an economic boost of $900,000 from the Murray-Darling Basin…
Photo Caption (L-R): Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt, Moree Plains Shire Council Mayor Katrina Humphries and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton at this morning’s announcement in Moree – local councils and community organisations in Moree, Wee Waa, Narrabri and Walgett are set to benefit from $1.7 million in grants from…
Queensland border controls Last week I wrote to the Queensland Premier to highlight a series of concerns brought to me regarding the impact of the Queensland Government’s tightened border controls. My Federal electorate shares the majority of the New South Wales border with Queensland, and I’ve received feedback from residents on both sides of the…
Photo Caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with 2Max FM Station Manager Cassie Boyd and President Jeff Cloake in the new 2Max FM studio today. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said a newly appointed radio studio at 2Max FM will provide exciting opportunities for volunteer announcers and the local community. Mr Coulton was…
As an MP representing communities along more than 900 kilometres of the Queensland border, I have been contacted in recent days with feedback on the challenges local residents face with the most recent set of border restrictions introduced by the Queensland Government. It has been disheartening to see COVID-19 continue to spread, and the experience…
Gunnedah going from strength to strength It was terrific to be in the northern part of my electorate last Friday for a series of important announcements in Gunnedah. A highlight was being onsite at the Gunnedah Rural Health Centre to officially hand over responsibility to the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), allowing the…
Photo Caption: Pictured at the Gunnedah Water Tower Museum today – Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) with (L-R) Gunnedah and District Historical Society’s Marie Hobson, Gunnedah Shire Council Mayor Jamie Chaffey, and Bob Leister, also of Gunnedah and District Historical Society. Gunnedah Shire Council’s proposed local projects have received the green light to…