THE NSW Shooters and Fishers Party wants to add extra firepower to its name.



The party’s NSW committee voted unanimously last night to change the name to the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers Party, to reflect what it described as evolving rural advocacy.

An application has been lodged with the NSW Electoral Commission.

Shooters and Fishers have two members in the NSW upper house: Robert Brown, and 2010 inductee Robert Borsak.



"Farmers, like shooters and fishers, have been largely neglected and oppressed by the major parties and the Greens," Mr Borsak said in a statement this morning.



“The change to the name of the party is reflective of our evolving advocacy and campaigning for the farming sector.”



Mr Borsak identified coal seam gas, native vegetation laws and water restrictions as key issues for the party.