TRANSCRIPT: POST-ELECTION PRESS CONFERENCE, 5 MAY 2025

MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well, I’d like to say that it was a very pleasing result on Saturday and certainly want to thank the voters, my family, my staff and the hardworking volunteers who stood out on pre-poll for two weeks on the hard cement, in the heat, in the cold, and handed out because they believed […]
TRANSCRIPT: PRESS CONFERENCE AT SOUTH WAGGA WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL, 3 MAY 2025

Subjects: Federal Election E&OE STARTS 11.12AM MICHAEL McCORMACK Well, great to be joined by my three-week old granddaughter, Adeline Bell, with her mother, Georgina, and her father Daniel today, and my wife, Catherine. Fantastic that democracy is playing its part and already this morning I’ve been to Gundagai High School and Gundagai South (Public School), […]
YOUTH IN YOUNG SET TO BENEFIT FROM COALITION GOVERNMENT

An elected Coalition Government, with a Nationals’ Member for Riverina, will deliver $100,000 to support Boys to the Bush (BttB) programs in Young as part of a revitalised Safer Communities Fund. “Vulnerable male youths in Young are set to be supported by the Coalition if elected to Government with a Nationals’ Member for Riverina,” Mr […]
WAGGA WAGGA COMMUNITY SAFETY SET TO BENEFIT FROM COALITION GOVERNMENT

An elected Coalition Government, with a Nationals’ Member for Riverina, will support both the Wagga Women’s Health Centre and the Wagga Wagga Rail Heritage Association with security upgrades as part of a revitalised Safer Communities Fund (SCF). “Wagga Women’s Health Centre is set to receive $35,000 and the Wagga Wagga Rail Heritage Association will receive […]
TRANSCRIPT: MEDIA CONFERENCE JOINING SENIOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER SENATOR THE HON DON FARRELL, WITH CHRIS REASON POST REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE FRANCIS, 27 APRIL 2025

PIAZZALE DEL BRASILE, DEL MUNRO TORTO AND VIA DI PORTA PINCIANA. E&OE STARTS: 10:45pm AEST (2.44pm Rome) ENDS: 11:00pm AEST (3.00pm Rome) CHRIS REASON: You have just come from one of the most important events we have seen in recent years, what was the effect on you and how was it? DON FARRELL: It was […]
The Hon. Michael McCormack statement on the death of Pope Francis (1936-2025)

Pope Francis will be farewelled the way he lived his life … humbly, serenely and simply. To visit the late Pontiff, 266th Head of the Roman Catholic Church, lying in state in Saint Peter’s Basilica, was to see a man, an inspirational world leader, whose earthly work had been done. He looked very much at […]
TRANSCRIPT: SUNRISE INTERVIEW WITH DAVID WOIWOD AND SALLY BOWREY, 25 APRIL 2025
E&OE SUBJECTS: Pope Francis’s Funeral STARTS: 8:17AM AEST (12:17AM in ROME) ENDS: 8:23AM AEST (12:23 AM in ROME) DAVID WOIWOD: By looking at these incredible scenes from every corner of the globe, you can certainly see why. At the Pontiff’s request, his funeral was scaled back, but his legacy of love and humility drew almost […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGIA ROBINSON, WIN NEWS RIVERINA, 24 APRIL 2025

SUBJECTS: Pope’s Funeral. STARTS: 11.35am ENDS: 11:41AM GEORGIA ROBINSON: How are you feeling about going to Rome for the Pope’s Funeral? MICHAEL McCORMACK: It is an incredible honour, a rare privilege. Of course, it will be a time of sadness. Catholics around the world indeed Catholics in Australia, the thousands of Catholics across the Riverina […]
RIVERINA VETERANS SET TO BENEFIT FROM COALITION COMMITMENT

An elected Coalition Government will deliver $250,000 in Federal investment for the Pro Patria Centre, supporting Veterans across the Riverina. “Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Barnaby Joyce and I are so pleased to announce the Pro Patria Centre is set to receive $250,000 if the Coalition is elected to Government with a Nationals’ Member […]
Triple M ANZAC Day Message

E&OE STARTS: 11.23pm ENDS: 11:25pm ANZAC Day comes with special significance for Riverina Veterans this year with the recent awarding of a Victoria Cross for Australia to Richard Norden. Private Norden’s bravery in the Vietnam War during the Battle of Coral-Balmoral in 1968 deservedly earned him the nation’s highest military honour. His hometown of Gundagai […]