TWEED Liberal Party councillor Joan van Lieshout says she has won a promise from NSW Environment Minister and Liberal MP Robyn Parker to investigate making available urgent State Government funding to help battle erosion at Kingscliff Beach.

Cr van Lieshout met Ms Parker in Sydney last week after an urgent meeting was arranged through fellow Liberal and Upper House MP Catherine Cusack, who lives at Lennox Head.

“Catherine emailed the minister and her office contacted me for a visit during my personal visit to Sydney,” Cr Lieshout told fellow councillors.

She said Ms Parker told her “although funds were very limited ... she would investigate possible funding”.

Her meeting trumps National Party MP for Tweed Geoff Provest, who is promising to meet with State Government ministers later this week to discuss the Kingscliff erosion crisis.

However Cr van Lieshout has suggested Federal Labor MP for Richmond Justine Elliot, who has been critical of Mr Provest, should take a more active role in finding funds for the erosion fight.

“During my meeting with the minister she did comment that perhaps the Federal member could look at funding through the Climate Change fund,” she said.

Cr van Lieshout said she was also that told due to the economic impact to businesses in Kingscliff, with decline in tourism because of the inconvenience, other funding might be available.

“During our meeting the main concerns of seeking financial support immediately as well as to provide funds for long term resolution were discussed,” she said.

“I impressed on the minister the need to visit the site and the need to assure the community that there was state recognition of the Tweed's coastal dilemma and that there were also major concerns for the business sector in Kingscliff in regard to current and future financial and tourism viability.

“The minister has assured me that she will seriously look at her diary to make a trip sometime prior to the next parliamentary sitting and that may take place on a Saturday.”

Last week Mr Provest said he had made plans for “a series of meetings” with Government ministers this week.

Federal Member for Richmond Justine Elliot and Labor Upper House MP Walt Secord called on Mr Provest to get the NSW Government to declare Kingscliff a natural disaster zone.