Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

​​Wednesday, 6 May 2020​ Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has welcomed the news local businesses can now register their interest to work with WaterNSW on the Wyangala Dam project. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey announced an online business portal for local businesses who were keen to be part of the $650 million damn wall raising project. Ms Cooke said she encouraged local businesses to register. “This is a fantastic economic opportunity for our com

Monday, 13 January 2025 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has condemned the Minns Labor Government’s Lachlan Regional Water Strategy,...

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

Tuesday, 7 November 2023 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke says the current Lachlan Regional Water Strategy is alarmingly bereft of any...

20 September 2023 No foresight and no idea. Those few words sum up what many believe was a disastrous decision by the NSW Labor...

Wednesday, 13 September 2023 Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says the NSW Labor Government’s decision to...

Wednesday, 13 September 2023 Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says the NSW Labor Government’s decision to rip...

​Wednesday, 22 July 2020​ Preliminary investigative and planning work to raise the Wyangala Dam Wall are underway, with...

Monday, 25 May 2020​ The NSW Nationals in Government are one step closer to delivering the state’s first major dam projects in three decades after signing on partner company WaterSecure to oversee the projects. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the announcement means the Wyangala Dam wall-raising will be fast tracked, guaranteeing water security for communities across the Lachlan Valley. “The Wyangala Dam expansion is vital for ensuring water security and flood mitiga

Monday, 11 May 2020​ Regional communities across NSW will benefit from increased water security thanks to $245 million from the NSW Nationals in Government to fast track critical water infrastructure projects in NSW. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the funding will go toward the commencement of Stage 1 of the delivery of the Wyangala Dam and the Dungowan Dam projects and investigations into a third dam on the Mole River. “These dam projects are a legacy to the state

​​Wednesday, 16 October 2019​ Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke MP has welcomed today’s announcement that the NSW Nationals in Government will introduce historic legislation to facilitate declared emergency drought works and fast track the construction of new dams across drought-stricken regional NSW, including Wyangala. Ms Cooke said this legislation would truncate processes to fast track water projects in order to secure short-term water supply. In addition, three new d

​​Wednesday, 14 August 2019​ The NSW Government is acting on its commitment to raise the Wyangala Dam wall and increase its capacity by 650 gigalitres. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke and Cowra Shire Council Mayor Bill West hosted Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey on a tour of the area to give her a sense of the project’s scale and purpose. “It was wonderful to show Minister Pavey around the Wyangala Dam area and give her an idea of what the $32 milli

Monday, 20 August 2018​ Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has opened a new floating jetty at Wyangala Dam which will enable boat users to tie up vessels regardless of the water level. “This is such a beautiful area and I can’t think of a better way to spend an afternoon than on a boat on Wyangala Dam,” she said. “This new 100-metre floating jetty rises and falls with the water and so remains useable regardless of how full the dam is, which means that boat users can enjoy thi

January 11, 2018 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke today announced a $100,000 grant to install a floating jetty at Wyangala Waters Inland Holiday Park. The jetty grant is part of $17 million in funding under Round Two of the NSW Government’s Boating Now program. Ms Cooke said the jetty would enable boat users to tie up their boats regardless of how full Wyangala Dam is. “This 100-metre jetty will provide boat users with a location to tie up their vessels which will be acces