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McCormack welcomes stand on foreign investment

Nationals’ Federal Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack, says the release of the Coalition’s Policy Discussion Paper on Foreign Investment in Australian Agricultural Land Agribusiness is a positive and absolutely necessary step.
“Foreign investment is a big issue for constituents of the Riverina, and many people have raised their concerns with me in meetings and also through my recent electorate wide survey,” Mr McCormack said.

Riverina’s biggest survey

Riverina residents will be given the opportunity to have their say on issues affecting their local community.
 
A Riverina-wide survey will go to every household next week and Federal Member Michael McCormack is keen to receive feedback on what is most important to people of the region.

Griffith City Council added to Labor’s hit list

Griffith City Council’s worst fears have been realised with them being named as one of Australia’s biggest polluters according to Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack.
With only two weeks until the start of the carbon tax, Griffith City Council has been named and shamed as one of Australia’s biggest polluters and will make ratepayers pay significant carbon tax costs.
 

Revised basin draft fails to deliver: McCormack

Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has called on Federal Water Minister Tony Burke to get the final Murray-Darling Basin plan right “for the farmers’ sake, for the nation’s sake and for his own sake”.

Riverina ANZAC snub raised in Parliament

The ANZAC Day snub of Temora, Tumbarumba and West Wyalong as far as defence force presence is concerned was today raised in Federal Parliament by Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack.

 

McCormack announces health Budget funding

Riverina has secured nearly $17.5 million in health infrastructure funding despite the toughest Federal Budget in a quarter of a century.

 
Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack said the Griffith Community Private Hospital Development had been allocated the $11.388 million needed for the project and Hillston’s Multipurpose Service Redevelopment received $6 million.
 

Boat people compared to Griffith population

The number of illegal boat arrivals since Labor took office has today been compared with Griffith’s population.
 
In a Page 2 article in The Daily Telegraph, headed “Labor’s boat people would fill this City” it was stated the number of asylum seekers now rivalled the number of people who live in Griffith.
 

Carbon Tax hits every Australian

Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says the release of the Government’s carbon tax hit list confirms it will hit the pocket of every Australian.
The list shows the major electricity companies will pay the bulk of the carbon tax, and this will flow directly to people’s electricity bills.

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