Indigenous businesses will be supported by a $5 million package as part of a State government plan to boost services in regional NSW.

Premier Chris Minns visited Orange, in central-western NSW, on Friday to announce $35 million for regional development, the first instalment from a $350 million rural trust.

Remote airstrips will get upgrades worth $15 million after an audit to prioritise sites across 20 council areas.

Work is due to start before the end of 2024.

Mr Minns said better aviation services would be a boost for health care, tourism and trade in the bush.

“One of the interesting things about the NSW economy is there’s so much innovation and entrepreneurship located in the regions,” he told reporters while visiting a winery outside the regional city.

“Young people taking it upon themselves … starting a business, growing it locally and employing local people and eventually getting to the point where they’re thinking about export markets around the world.

“This is an example of where the government can come in and make a real difference.”

Another $10 million will be spent to establish, expand or upgrade western NSW childcare services.

Much of the state’s west is considered a “childcare desert”, where there are more than three children for every early education place.

The package, which was co-designed by the early education sector, will first be rolled out in Bourke, Broken Hill and Cobar.

AAP