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GOVERNMENT SITTING ON THEIR HANDS AMID PFAS CRISIS
7 February 2025  Shadow Minister for Water, Steph Cooke, has slammed the Government’s inaction in response to the unfolding PFAS crisis...
Steph Cooke MP
Feb 6

MINNS LABOR GOVERNMENT FAILING REGIONAL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND PFAS CONTAMINATION
9 December 2024 The Minns Labor Government’s neglect of the Safe and Secure Water Program has left regional and rural communities...
Steph Cooke MP
Dec 8, 2024


PENRITH’S PUMP STATION STENCH
Shadow Minister for Water, Steph Cooke, has highlighted a smelly concern in one of Sydney’s newest sporting precincts, at a Shadow...
Steph Cooke MP
Oct 20, 2024

FLICK-PASSING AND FAILURE: NSW WATER MINISTER ABANDONS RURAL COMMUNITIES
9 September 2024 NSW Shadow Minister for Water, Steph Cooke, has expressed shock and deep concern following an admission by the NSW Water...
Steph Cooke MP
Sep 9, 2024


Plibersek shows a pattern of ignoring regional NSW
28 August 2024 Published: The Daily Telegraph - Pg 13 - OPINION - 28 August 2024
Steph Cooke MP
Aug 28, 2024


OPPOSITION DEMANDS URGENT ACTION AS NSW GOVERNMENT DELAYS PFAS TEST RESULTS
Thursday, 15 August 2024 Â Under questioning in both houses of the NSW Parliament, the Premier and Minister for the Environment could not...
Steph Cooke MP
Aug 15, 2024

EVERY HOUSEHOLD WILL FEEL THE IMPACT OF BUYBACKS
NSW Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke said it is only a matter of time before Federal Government water buybacks start to impact household...
Steph Cooke MP
Jul 16, 2024


STOP THE MURRAY BUYBACKS, PREMIER
14 June 2024 A recent parliamentary sitting made it clear the NSW Premier thinks that simply talking in Question Time about being against...
Steph Cooke MP
Jun 14, 2024

GOVERNMENT CASH GRAB TO HELP PAY THE BILLS
​​Thursday, 4 April 2024​    Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke said the NSW State Government’s plan to impose a levy on local councils...
Steph Cooke MP
Apr 3, 2024

MINISTER TREADING WATER ON RURAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 Â Â Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke is calling on the Water Minister to take a more proactive approach during...
Steph Cooke MP
Mar 25, 2024

WATER MINISTER NEGLECTING MURRAY DARLING COMMUNITIES
20 March 2024 Murray Darling Basin communities are being neglected by the NSW Labor Government after the Water Minister admitted she has...
Steph Cooke MP
Mar 19, 2024


BOILING CONCERNS FOR WATER
12 March 2024 It's enough to make your blood boil. Or in the case of residents of regional NSW, your water boil. Thirteen regional towns...
Steph Cooke MP
Mar 11, 2024

GOVERNMENT ADRIFT ON WATER POLICY
28 February 2024 Â After almost 12 months in the job, the Water Minister has failed to come up with a plan for regional water security,...
Steph Cooke MP
Feb 27, 2024

GOVERNMENT TREADING WATER ON STOPPING BUYBACKS
Thursday, 22 February 2024 Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke said while she welcomes the long-overdue release of the Government’s...
Steph Cooke MP
Feb 21, 2024


HOW TO STAY COOL AND ALSO STAY ALIVE
1 January 2024 It's summer in Australia, and for so many of us that means heading to the water to cool down and relax. The nation's...
Steph Cooke MP
Dec 31, 2023


MINNS IS SO CLOSE TO REALISING REGIONAL IMPORTANCE
13 December 2023 Premier Chirs Minns recently showed signs that he finally gets it - that the understands the future prosperity of NSW...
Steph Cooke MP
Dec 12, 2023

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ON BASIN PLAN SECRECY
Thursday, 30 November 2023 Â NSW Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says the passage of Commonwealth legislation rewriting the rules of...
Steph Cooke MP
Nov 29, 2023

CALL FOR WATER MINISTER TO COME CLEAN ON BASIN DEAL
Tuesday, 21 November 2023 Â Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke has slammed the ongoing secrecy surrounding the re-written Murray-Darling...
Steph Cooke MP
Nov 20, 2023

WATER STRATEGY LEAVES LACHLAN REGION UP THE CREEK
Tuesday, 7 November 2023 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke says the current Lachlan Regional Water Strategy is alarmingly bereft of any...
Steph Cooke MP
Nov 6, 2023

LESS TALK MORE ACTION NEEDED ON DROUGHT PREPERATION
​​Wednesday, 1 November 2023​    NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson has confirmed the NSW Labor Government is all talk and no action when...
Steph Cooke MP
Oct 31, 2023
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