TRANSCRIPT: KHANCOBAN LONG LUNCH

START: 1:31pm MICHAEL McCORMACK: Thank you very much, Cam (Harmer), and I understand you’re the unofficial Mayor of Khancoban. It was really nice to hear Cam speak so respectfully and highly of Snowy Valleys Council, because not everybody always speaks highly and appropriately about their councils. And he acknowledged the work that Julia Ham, Mayor, […]
TRANSCRIPT: GANMAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S OPEN DAY, 22 MARCH 2025

E&OE STARS: 12:50pm ENDS: 12:55pm MICHAEL McCORMACK MP: Save your applause, I am a bit worried too I am standing in front of a podium with GGGM, and I reckon that is Ganmain Grong Grong Matong where they eat football for breakfast with nails in their stew because they are iron through and through, are […]
TRANSCRIPT: COWRA FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OPENING DINNER, 21 MARCH 2025
E&OE STARTS: 8:25pm ENDS: 8:30pm MICHAEL McCORMACK: Thank you, Paul. Mayor Smith, thank you very much. I’d like to acknowledge Aunty Esther (Cutmore) and the fact that we are meeting on Wiradjuri land. I do want to point out those young dancers were sensational, and they always are. They’re so good, and as Steph (Cooke) […]
TRANSCRIPT: REMARKS AT JUNEE LEG OF THE CHAUVEL ANNIVERSARY LIGHT HORSE MEMORIAL RIDE, 17 MARCH 2025
E&OE STARTS 11.52AM MICHAEL McCORMACK Thank you very much to Greg Zakharoff and Junee RSL Sub-branch. To all Veterans here today, I acknowledge you and say again thank you for your service. To Bob Callow, the Mayor of Junee, thank you for your warm welcome. To the teachers, we say thank you as well and […]
EULOGY FOR TUOTA KIRITION MEMORIAL SERVICE, NORTH WAGGA HALL. SUNDAY 16 MARCH 2025
Start: 5:30pm Ends: 5.35pm Well, thank you very much to Pastor Jerry (Rokosuka) and to my State colleague and Parliamentary friend, Dr Joe McGirr, to Dallas Tout, the Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga, and to each and every one of you. We are all mourning a deep, profound loss. We are gathered here […]
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ‘FROM THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH. MADE TOUGH.’ Chauvel Anniversary Light Horse Memorial Ride. Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga
E&OE Start: 11.06am Ends: 11.13am MICHAEL McCORMACK: The Mayor just said: “Hold on to your paper!” I normally don’t write speeches out as such … I normally do speeches off the top of my head … off the cuff. But (Master of Ceremonies) John Ploenges has asked me to deliver a keynote address and he […]
TRANSCRIPT: OFFICIAL OPENING OF ABILITY NETWORK HUB, COWRA 12 MARCH 2025
E&OE STARTS: 3:00pm ENDS: 3:07pm MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well, thank you very much, Jim (Morgan), and to you and your Deputy Ruth Fagan, to Shane Kruger, to the board. Hands up, all the staff. Where are all the staff? Put your hands up, every one of you. Put your hands together for the staff, please. What […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT: MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Regional Australia
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (15:47): I furiously agree with the member for Bendigo: we do need more help, support and investment in regional Australia. In Bendigo, Andrew Lethlean, the Nationals candidate, will certainly provide that. Just the other day, he had his launch. There were 300 people there. There’s a movement there, because they want a […]
Transcript: Australia Day 2025 Citizen of the Year Ceremony the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, 25 January 2025
E&OE STARTS: 6.30pm ENDS: 6.37pm MICHAEL McCORMACK MP: Thank you very much, Velika (Hayes) – and to Edison (McIntosh), Joz (Pastor) and Tille (Carroll) what a wonderful and magnificent job you just did in front of the fantastic 1RTB Kapooka Army Band. You have really started the proceedings off brilliantly. To the Australia Day Committee, […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT- Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (11:11): News outlets are presently reporting power outages impacting thousands of residents in Wagga Wagga. And it’s not just at that large inland city in southern New South Wales; it is also Henty, Holbrook, Rand, Culcairn, south of the largest inland city in the state. Thousands of houses in Wagga Wagga are […]