Among the top criticisms have been a lack of answers on salt waste treatment and an an admission by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment that the project was unlikely to force "downward pressure" on Australian gas prices.

Could a tweaked version of an Animal Justice Party Bill see mulesing banned in NSW?

Concerns have been raised around the relevance of sustainability measures to farm returns based on a lack of clarity around whether people are willing to pay more for those sustainability value-adds at the check-out.

There remains a limit to the tolerance among rural voters for political point scoring and infighting - traits that have become prevalent among the Nationals in the past decade.