PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Small Business
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (17:33): I’m in furious agreement with member for Adelaide when he says that we need to do all we can to help small businesses. Indeed, he is right. He talked about the instant asset write-off, but what the member for Adelaide didn’t tell the chamber was how much the instant asset write-off is […]
Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (13:09): The opposition does not, as you would expect, support all of the policies and programs in the federal budget. However, the Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, the Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026 and the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026 do provide the legislative mechanism by which the policies and programs […]
Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (18:07): The amendment moved by the member for Fairfax will be supported by the coalition, and I’m glad that the member for Hunter has acknowledged in his contribution the truck drivers of this country and the freight industry as a whole, because, at the moment, the trucking and transport sector is in freefall. […]
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (11:16): The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, ASIO, was established in 1949 to fill a really important need in Australia at that time. The end of World War II had happened only four years earlier, and there was a lot going on in our nation at that time—the rise of communism, a fear of […]
Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Bill 2025, Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (10:50): Like the member for Paterson, who has just finished her contribution—a good one at that—I too acknowledge Julie-Ann Finney and her role in supporting not just her son’s legacy but indeed veterans per se. I acknowledge the veteran serving members in the chamber at the moment and thank them for their service: […]
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (17:01): Of all the things that the New South Wales government has on its plate at the moment, you would think this would probably be the least imperative and important, but, given the fact that amongst one of its so-called ‘primary reforms’ was the abolition of the statutory office of Magistrate of the […]
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026, National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (16:30): Gerard Neesham is a celebrated Australian football player and coach in Australia. He played in five West Australian Football League premiership teams and is a member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. He’s a former coach of Fremantle. He played for the Sydney Swans as well as other clubs throughout […]
ADJOURNMENT – Protests
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (19:40): Three thousand police. Snipers on the roof. A ring of steel around the central business district of Sydney. Workers, visitors, residents told to stay either at home or away. What is going on in this country? How has it gotten to this? The visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been greeted […]
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Riverina Electorate: Acknowledgements
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (13:41): It’s never too soon to fall in love—or back in love, as the case might be. And, with apologies to John Paul Young: Love is in the air everywhere I look around, Love is in the air in every sight and every sound. And I don’t know if I’m being foolish, don’t […]
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Medicare
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (11:01): I am in furious agreement with the good member for Chisholm when she says that it should not matter what your postcode is to get access to health services. One-hundred per cent—the member for Chisholm is absolutely right. But the trouble is that it doesn’t ring true. The trouble is that this […]