Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

The Minns Labor Government must put NSW first and prevent any further Commonwealth water buybacks in the Northern Basin, following the Federal Government’s announcement that it is seeking to purchase additional entitlements.   The updated Restoring Rivers Trading Strategy  confirms the Commonwealth will open a voluntary Expression of Interest process targeting entitlement holders in the northern Murray-Darling Basin.   However, recovery targets in the Northern Basin NSW Zone

The NSW Minns Labor Government must immediately release the valley-by-valley modelling and departmental advice underpinning their decision to lift the Menindee Lakes trigger from 195GL to 250GL of active storage.   Through a co-signed omnibus amendment to multiple water sharing plans, the Minister for Water and the Minister for Environment have altered the rules governing access to overland flows in the Gwydir, Macquarie, Cudgegong and Border Rivers systems.   Under the new 2

The NSW Labor Government has spectacularly contradicted its own Premier, voting in support of a motion calling for a Commonwealth Royal Commission into water management just hours after Chris Minns told the Legislative Assembly he did not back the proposal.   A Public Interest Debate was held in the NSW Parliament on a motion calling for a federal Royal Commission into water management, including the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.   During Question Time earl

Tuesday, 26 March 2024     Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke is calling on the Water Minister to take a more proactive approach during...

20 March 2024 Murray Darling Basin communities are being neglected by the NSW Labor Government after the Water Minister admitted she has...

28 February 2024   After almost 12 months in the job, the Water Minister has failed to come up with a plan for regional water security,...

Thursday, 30 November 2023   NSW Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says the passage of Commonwealth legislation rewriting the rules of...

Tuesday, 21 November 2023   Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke has slammed the ongoing secrecy surrounding the re-written Murray-Darling...