Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, is calling on the NSW Minister for Agriculture to urgently deliver a fair compensation package for blue mallee and broombush farmers who have been unable to operate for nearly two years due to restrictive native vegetation mapping. Ms Cooke said the Agriculture Minister had been “missing in action” throughout the ongoing crisis, despite the devastating impact the Government’s decisions were having on farming families, regional jobs, and

Steph Cooke MP with local Laura Messner and event organiser Keith Rowe at the 2026 Tallimba Vintage Harvest Day. Hundreds have descended on the tiny township of Tallimba for a unique glimpse of the Central West’s agricultural history. Organisers of the Tallimba Vintage Harvest Day are celebrating another successful instalment of the beloved event, which reunited the proud farming community after a challenging harvest season. Due to less-than-favourable conditions in th