The Government will create the Snowy Hydro Legacy Fund with $4.15 billion won from the Federal Government's buy-out of NSW’s share of Snowy Hydro.

The Government has promised the money will be spent in regional NSW.

The government is funding 880 new teachers, 1000 more nurses and midwives, and 300 more doctors.

After the success of the Active Kids $100 subsidy, the Government has announced a $100 Creative Kids subsidy for after school cultural programs.

Regional small businesses will win with the payroll tax threshhold being lifted to $1 million from $750,000, benefiting 5000 businesses.

But there are blackspots in the spending, with the Bathurst and Orange electorates – held by the Nationals’ Paul Toole and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ Phil Donato, respectively – conspicuously absent from the long list of infrastructure spending.

Spending on roads and health continues to grow.

Though, there are just two budget wins for Parkes.

In 2018-2019 the Government will invest $2.4 million for the planning of the Newell Highway bypass at Parkes.

No beginning or finish date has been announced for the project as yet, nor has an estimated total cost.

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The Government has also committed $620,000 this next financial year to the construction of the new Parkes Fire and Rescue NSW Station in Hill Street.

The estimated total cost for the works is $1.02 million.

There will be $135 million spent on community infrastructure in regional NSW.

The Government has already announced it will seal the Silver City Highway and the Cobb Highway with $40 million, while $20 million has been allocated for building new overtaking lanes on the Newell Highway. 

There will be an increase of 50 additional highway patrol officers in the regions.

For our larger neighbours like Dubbo and Orange, the Government will allocate $59.2 million for stages 3 and 4 of the $150 million Dubbo Hospital redevelopment.

It will provide $6.3 million to continue planning the new Dubbo bridge on the Newell Highway over the Marquarie River and $6 million to begin the $35 million Western Cancer Centre in Dubbo.

And $3.5 million in continued funding will go towards the development partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation in Orange.

In other regional areas, there is $25 million to continue the construction of Mudgee’s hospital and a Rural Health Infrastructure Program to help with upgrades to Tenterfied, Dungog, Scone and Gloucester hospitals.

Griffith has won $35 million to upgrade its base hospital, but this appears to fall short of a promise of a $200 million spend.