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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
MINISTER CAUGHT IN ANNOUNCEMENT BLUNDER
Wednesday, 27 March 2024 Â The Water Minister has been caught in an embarrassing misstep after announcing a new funding program for...
Steph Cooke MP
Mar 26, 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
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
LOBBYING PAYS OFF FOR BOOROWA COMMUNITY
Monday, 5 February 2024 Â Following close to 12 months of intense lobbying on behalf of the Boorowa community, Member for Cootamundra...
Steph Cooke MP
Feb 4, 2024
MINISTER MUST ACT NOW ON BOOROWA WATER
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke is calling on Water Minister Rose Jackson to take immediate action to fix...
Steph Cooke MP
Jan 22, 2024
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
DAM DECISION RAISES CONCERNS OVER LABOR’S COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL NSW
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says the NSW Labor Government’s decision to rip...
Steph Cooke MP
Sep 13, 2023
GOVERNMENT ON NOTICE OVER WATER FUNDING CUTS
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 Â Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke has written to Water Minister Rose Jackson, putting the NSW State...
Steph Cooke MP
Aug 23, 2023
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