"It is never too late for good policy and funding," NSW Business Chamber Director Warrick McLean said.

Mr McLean said the 2019 Bush Summit was an indication of how dire the drought has become.

"Both leaders presence in Dubbo at the 2019 Bush Summit shows the significance of drought," he said.

"If we can get past the politics and inject some funds into the communities that are crying out for it, that can only be a positive thing. We think the drought increasingly is not only impacting upon farmers but small business too."

Mr McLean said both federal and state government's had a role to play in easing the burden of regional and rural communities.

"We are asking the state government to review payroll tax for rural and regional NSW business, and on a federal level, getting bureaucracy out of the way and freeing up government money that is wanting to be spent but is unable to," he said.

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