*This article was updated at about 1:55pm on 28 November to provide information on town selection and previous builds for police housing in the Barwon state electorate.

Eighteen police homes are planned over the next seven months in nine Western Plains towns.

Walgett will receive the largest allocation in the Barwon electorate with four four-bedroom homes, followed by three in both Bourke and Cobar.

The NSW government released the information this week after Barwon MP Roy Butler asked housing minister Rose Jackson about it in the NSW parliament in October.

Cobar mayor Jarrod Marsden welcomed the new dwellings and said current police housing is "limited" in town.

"And what is there is aging," Cobar mayor Jarrod Marsden said.

"It's a barrier to attracting and retention of, basically, the entire workforce, but government agencies in particularly."

SOURCE: NSW Government

Thirty-two police homes are expected to be completed across Barwon before 2027 under the Key Worker Housing Program, according to the NSW government.

Thirteen of them were finished in the program's first three years to 30 June 2025, including in Coonamble, Tibooburra and Bourke.

The other 19 are planned for the 2025-26 financial year, including in Wilcannia.

Police housing delivered in the Barwon electorate during the three years to 30 June 2025. SOURCE: NSW Government

As of 30 June 2025, there were 233 police dwellings across the electorate.

"We work with the NSW Police Force to plan the delivery of new supply through the Key Worker Housing program to best support police recruitment and retention needs across Regional, Rural, and Remote NSW," a Homes NSW spokesperson said.

"The allocation of housing in each town is based upon input from the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) and is linked to operational needs and the number of specific roles that are entitled to housing."

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