Statement regarding new shadow ministry
As I step down from the Coalition frontbench, I reflect with gratitude on the past three years serving as Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific. This role has been amongst the most rewarding of my Parliamentary career, offering opportunities to forge meaningful partnerships and advocate for our Pacific neighbours. A particular focus of […]
TRANSCRIPT: ABC CANBERRA with Ross Solly
TRANSCRIPT: ABC CANBERRA with Ross Solly Subjects: Coalition negotiations E&OE STARTS: 8.46am Ross SOLLY The Liberal and National Party, announcing early this week that they were going their separate ways but now talks have broken out. The peace pipe has been passed around. Michael McCormack I don’t know if enough people have had a toke […]
TRANSCRIPT: PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE WAGGA WAGGA ELECTORATE OFFICE, 20 MAY 2025
Subjects: Coalition split With Federal President of The Nationals Kay Hull E&OE STARTS 1.17PM MICHAEL McCORMACK I’m joined here today by Kay Hull, the former Member for Riverina and the Federal President of the National Party. Today I’ve been out to Tony Clough’s Wantabadgery property, which is beset by drought and for me and for […]
NATIONALS STAND BY INTERESTS OF REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
“Today The Nationals made the tough decision not to enter into a Federal Coalition agreement with the Liberal Party. “This is not a decision that The Nationals have reached lightly but is one that is necessary to put the interests of regional Australians first. “The Nationals has always stood firm on its principles, and at the last […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW ON PASSING OF HEAD OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH EMILY FRANCIS, SAINT MICHAEL’S CATHEDRAL, WAGGA WAGGA, 22 APRIL 2025
E&OE SUBJECTS: PASSING OF THE POPE Saint Michael’s Cathedral, Wagga Wagga STARTS: 12:31PM ENDS: 12:35PM INTERVIEW: Big day, a sombre day for the Catholic community. MICHAEL McCORMACK: It is a sad day today; it is a day of reflection and the thousands of Catholics across the Riverina will be thinking about the Pontiff today. Pope […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH WIN NEWS WAGGA, 22 APRIL 2025
E&OE SUBJECTS: BAYLIS STREET PRE-POLL. STARTS: 10.39AM ENDS: 10:42AM INTERVIEWER: What are your main messages for voters as pre-polling starts? MICHAEL McCORMACK: Are you any better off than you were three years ago? The answer to that question is the answer to help people to vote. People are much poorer now than what they were […]