Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

​​Friday, 1 November 2019​ Farmers across the Cootamundra electorate will have even more support during the State’s worst drought on record, with a further $5.2 million in funding announced today. Across the Cootamundra electorate, 15 community preschools have already received over $160,000 in drought support from Round One and more than $170,000 in Round Two of the funding. “This is the first time the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government are expanding the Drought Relief f

​​Thursday, 4 October 2018​ The NSW Government has announced it is making it easier for farmers and their families to access the Drought Transport Subsidies and the Drought Assistance Fund by relaxing the gross off-farm asset test. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has said the current criteria is being lifted from $1 million off-farm assets to $5 million, which means more farmers will now be eligible to access drought assistance. “We don’t want to punish farmers who’ve dive

Monday, July 30 2018 ​​​ ​​Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke today welcomed the announcement of a further $500 million of support for farmers through the NSW Government’s Emergency Drought Relief Package. ​This latest boost means the NSW Government has committed more than $1 billion to support farmers through the developing drought. ​“As this drought has slowly increased its grip on the Cootamundra electorate, so too has the NSW Government’s commitment to farmers,” Ms Cooke