With two days to go before polling day, most of Calare's most important issues have already been canvassed.

We've had The Nationals commit $6 million for ice intervention and $1.4 million for Clergate Road, although Orange City Council had already flagged expenditure in its budget for this project.

It also promised $3 million towards research for cotton growers and vignerons, although this will be nationwide, and an incentive scheme to bring more medical professionals to the bush.

The Greens also launched its domestic violence policy to the tune of a very sizable $5 billion, but this funding was also nationwide.

But absent from both sides of politics, Nationals and Labor, have been major projects.

The Murray Darling Medical School was hoped to emerge as an election commitment, but Rural Health Minister Fiona Nash said all projects would be considered.

NXT leader Nick Xenophon visited Orange specifically to throw his support behind the school, but as a crossbench party, the funds were not there to give out.

Similarly, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce was asked whether the federal government would commit to a dam on the Belubula River and he said investigations would continue.

With vignerons crying out for changes to the wine equalisation tax rebate to remove the rorts while still keeping boutique wineries competitive, Mr Joyce told them the solution would come after the election.

One could very reasonably argue that elections are about more than just the sweeteners and project funding does not compensate for good policy.

Labor's Jess Jennings has certainly relied on this philosophy in backing TAFE funding, Medicare, Gonski, childcare support and nominating who should receive tax breaks.

The Nationals’ Andrew Gee also touched on the tax issue when he voiced his support for lower income and company tax rates in regional areas.

But when Sydney projects like the Badgerys Creek airport rail link have been promised $400 million this election, the difference to Calare is thrown into sharp relief.

Imagine what we could achieve with that kind of money.