The party’s state conference in Broken Hill last weekend  passed a motion calling on government  “to commence building major water storage dams as soon as possible.”

A dam proposed for the Cranky Rock area over the Belubula river near Canowindra is currently in the second phase of assessment which includes developing a shortlist of suitable sites.

Max Swift of the National party’s  Forbes branch backed the motion.

“I think it is imperative that we build more dams. So for God’s sake get on with it. Who cares about ‘this frog’ or ‘that bat’ and all this sort of rubbish that goes on.