Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

​​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