Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

​​Friday, 6 March 2020​ Small businesses in the Cootamundra Electorate will be able to operate from portable offices without council approval, under the latest bushfire recovery initiative from the NSW Government. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the changes are not only great for businesses owners and operators, but for the whole community. “Our small businesses are the backbone of our region, and these planning changes will help businesses that have been impacted

​Thursday, 6 February 2020​ The NSW Government has announced six months of council rates relief to ease the burden for anyone who lost their home or small business in the recent bush fires. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said this is another way the NSW Government is doing all it can to help local communities recover and rebuild from the devastating bushfires. “It is just common sense that people who lost their homes in the recent horrific bushfires should not have to p

​​Monday, 3 February 2020​ Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has welcomed the news businesses and primary producers in the Cootamundra-Gundagai local government area have now been included in the regions eligible for bushfire recovery grants. The change means recovery grants of up to $75,000 for primary producers and $50,000 for small businesses are now available to help with repairs and stock replacement. Ms Cooke said the extension of the $100 million joint Federal and S