Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured during the tender announcement of the $261 million Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavement Upgrade. Work is now beginning on the new rest stop north of Narrabri. New rest stops Adequate rest stops along long stretches of highway in the bush are so important, which is why…
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is calling for the civil unrest in Bangladesh to come to an end. Weeks of escalating unrest and violence has resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people, which is causing great angst amongst the Bangladeshi community in Australia. “I’ve been approached by members of the Bangladeshi community…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Darryl Brady for his late father Edward Martin Brady. Darryl was supported by Moree RSL sub-branch members John Williams (left) and John Tramby (right). A World War II veteran from Moree has been recognised for his military service during a special…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (centre) pictured with the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of NSW President Tanya Mitchell and Vice President Robin Beckwith. The NSW ICPA is one of eight community organisations in the Parkes electorate to receive funding from the FRRR’s Small Network Grants. Grants to drought-proof our communities It’s wonderful…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pictured on one of the many local roads within the Parkes electorate that rely on Roads to Recovery funding for maintenance and upgrades. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton says the Labor Government’s Roads to Recovery funding distribution is leaving regional councils behind as they struggle to…
Photo caption: Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Kevin Hogan and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton met with Australian Food and Fibre’s General Manager for Warehouse and Logistics Tayla Bush at the Warren gin. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton was joined by Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Kevin Hogan in Warren on…
Photo caption: Shadow Minister for Trade and Touris, Kevin Hogan (left) and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (right) met with Green Distillation Technologies’ Dr Farhad Hossain and Trevor Bayley at the Warren tyre recycling plant on Friday. Kevin Hogan visits Warren It was fantastic to have Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Kevin Hogan…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton joined his Coalition colleagues for a briefing with the Keep the Sheep delegation in Parliament House last week. Devastating live sheep export ban Unfortunately, Labor’s reckless live sheep export ban passed the Senate last week, marking a very dark period for Australia’s sheep industry and agriculture in…
Households in the Parkes electorate are burdened with another year of unaffordable energy costs as the new financial year’s electricity prices start applying from this week. The new prices confirm that Labor has broken its promise to reduce household power bills by $275, with Australians instead paying among the most expensive power bills in the…
Mr COULTON (Parkes—Chief Nationals Whip) (13:48): There are a lot of words spoken in this place about a cleaner future and reducing our emissions. The reality is that we can’t do that without a mining sector. The critical minerals—the cobalt, the rare earths, the magnetite, the clean coal—are all the things we need for a…