CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – Tumbatrek
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (10:36): The Tim Fischer Tumbatrek is over for another year, and the walking and talking is done. The conversation and perspiration has ended. It is a great event, and it reminds us of the legacy that Tim Fischer leaves. He started this trek in 1985 as a way of promoting the tourism and […]
CONDOLENCES – Jonceski, Mr Ljupco (Luch)
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (12:28): Just think about this: condolence motions are usually reserved for royalty, for world leaders, for ministers of the Crown and now Luch. Luch! What a national icon he is in life and in death. Ljupco ‘Luch’ Jonceski was 59 years young. Like the member for Fisher, I was shocked and saddened when […]
CONDOLENCES – Bolkus, Hon. Nick
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (10:39): It’s actually an honour to follow the member for Scullin. They were fine words, indeed. I’m sure Nick Bolkus’s family will very much appreciate reading and hearing those words you’ve just uttered in your speech. You might find it perplexing to understand why a National Party member is standing to rise to […]
CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – Riverina Electorate: Australia Day
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (10:16): We all have them in our electorates—those selfless volunteers who are the very glue that binds our communities together. On Australia Day we recognise them, acknowledge them and honour them. Here is a roll call of community champions for the Riverina electorate. They are citizens of the year—volunteers who have done so […]
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (19:16): Last night, at the Australian War Memorial, the shrine of remembrance, that remarkable Australian place where the memory of 103,000 fallen is sacrosanct and they are honoured, immortalised and memorialised, we had a service, a last post ceremony, for Major Cyril Herbert Dodson Lane. He was killed at Gallipoli, aged just 27. […]
GRIEVANCE DEBATE – Transport Industry
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (12:37): Without trucking, the nation stops. Australia is so heavily reliant on our transport industry, particularly our truckies. They do a power of good, and they’ve never been under more pressure than right now with all the rules, compliance, obligations and regulations. They appreciate that they have to do the right thing, and, […]
Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (11:57): We should thank our nurses each and every day—not only our nurses but our pharmacists and our doctors. Anyone who puts on scrubs and goes into a theatre ward and anyone who serves our hospital system or our medical system needs the applause and the gratitude of this place and of Australians […]
CONDOLENCES – Bondi Beach Attack Victims
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (12:59): Fifteen blessings. Fifteen rays of light. Fifteen beacons of hope. Fifteen beautiful, innocent lives gone—lost, taken, stolen—in a hail of hateful bullets, a mad and bad fury of mere minutes when iconic, peaceful Bondi Beach changed forever. These were 15 Australians—strangers to most, but Australians. They loved and were loved. This country […]
Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (18:35): The member for Gorton is new here. I wasn’t going to pick on her about her speech, but some of the things that she mentioned— Mr Thistlethwaite: Then don’t. Mr McCORMACK: I listened to her in silence, so the member for Kingsford Smith can give me the same courtesy, and I’ll get to you […]
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (13:10): A bouquet for the minister at the table straight up. I know he has veterans at heart, and I know that he and I share support for the two veterans facilities in Wagga Wagga, in the heart of the Riverina: RSL LifeCare, the Riverina Veteran and Family Hub at 240 Baylis Street, […]