Anyone But Nats co-founder Rohan Boehm said the group would back any viable candidate that stood against the Nationals.

Mr Boehm said the group's viability and level of support would be tested at a community forum in Dubbo.

“If people are interested we would like them to get in touch so we can organise a meeting in Dubbo,” he said.

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“We are registered as a third party in NSW, but we won’t run candidates in the elections. We want to influence the Dubbo and Parkes electorate’s to vote for anyone but the National Party because we feel all they do is show up close to an election and give out cheques and pass that off as good governance.

“The only way change will be made will be to not vote for the Nats, economically, socially and environmentally the towns that have been long-time Nats supporters are basically buggered because they don’t do anything.”

But National Party candidate for Dubbo Dugald Saunders said Mr Boehm and his group have overlooked the many new hospitals built, being built or being upgraded around the State including in Dubbo. 

“Hospitals bring better access to health services which fringe groups, Independents and minor parties can’t deliver,” he said.

“The Nats have also delivered better roads, better community facilities and better education outcomes for Dubbo and its surrounding areas.

“In Dubbo, only the Nats can deliver the regional cancer care centre, the completion of Stages three and four of the Dubbo Hospital, increased development at Dubbo airport and more jobs because of the rail maintenance facility.

“The Anyone But Nats group seems to be based on negativity, anger and opportunity which is not what the voters are looking for.”

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Mr Boehm said more and more people tell him that the Nats have been the band brake on regional and rural areas.

“The Nats always say well look at how much money we’ve brought into the community but in fact, it is our money to begin with and they give it back to us in dribs and drabs, most of it goes to the cities and areas like Dubbo and Parkes get the leftovers,” he said.

“The Nats have been universally ineffective at reviving regional communities and economies and have been hell bent on making poor calls on climate and other opportunities that do exist.”

“What we want is to see those in the capital cities complaining that areas like Dubbo are getting far too much money, that will be a measure of success.”

Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the Anyone But Nats group have no policies and seem to be opposed to progress.

“I think they should be called ‘Anything but Progress’, they seem to be opposed to an awful lot of things but have no clear indication of what they stand for policy-wise,” Mr Coulton said.

“I wonder if they have policies, do they have plans for the future it seems all they are doing is being negative.”

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Mr Coulton said he was annoyed by the moral stance of the group which has focused on former leader Barnaby Joyce's affair and Mallee member Andrew Broad's "sugar baby" controversy.

“I am a little perturbed when people say the Nats have lost our way and we’ve lost our moral standing,” he said.

“I take deep offence to that because anyone can see how I live my life.  I choose to work in the party because I feel I can be more effective when I’m in a team but to be targeted that I am a less than worthy person because I am in that team I find offensive and pretty shallow.

“They need to be serious; they need to come up with alternative policies and actually try and prove where we have gone wrong.”

Contact the organisation at http://anyonebutnats.com.au/