CLEAN WATER TO FLOW FOR NARRANDERA: COALITION COMMITS $16 MILLION TO NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Clean water will return to Narrandera under a new commitment made by The Nationals’ candidate for Farrer, Brad Robertson, and Liberal candidate, Raissa Butkowski. We will invest $16 million towards the construction of a new water treatment plant to provide a permanent solution to unacceptable water quality outcomes. The Nationals’ candidate for Farrer Brad Robertson […]
Transcript: Narrandera press conference, 20 April 2026
With: Leader of The Nationals Matt Canavan, Nationals’ Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Senator Bridget McKenzie, Shadow Assistant Minister for Productivity and Regulation Senator Maria Kovacic, Senator Ross Cadell, State Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Minister for Water and Crown Lands Steph Cooke, Nationals’ candidate for Farrer Brad Robertson, Liberal candidate for […]
GRENFELL POST OFFICE FACING CLOSURE
Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack is calling on Australia Post to do all it can to ensure Grenfell and the Weddin Shire residents do not lose its post office. It comes as the current operator of the Grenfell Licensed Post Office indicated they would stop operating the Post Office from the close of business […]
LABOR TO CUT PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE REBATE FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS: McCORMACK
The Labor Government has resumed its attack on older Australians’ hip pockets with the Minister for Health Mark Butler delivering a hammer blow to those over 65 years old, according to Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack. Mr McCormack said the Minister’s scrapping of the higher private health insurance rebate for over-65s was careless cost […]
LABOR TO SLASH INLAND RAIL PROJECT
Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has slammed the Labor Government’s reported plans to slash investment into the Inland Rail. It comes as media reports reveal the Federal Government plans to end the line at Parkes, instead of the plan to build the Inland Rail to Brisbane. Mr McCormack said the upcoming Federal Budget was […]
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: MUTTAMA HALL ON THE OCCASION OF THE HALL’S CENTENARY 18 MAY 2025
E&OE STARTS: 12:09PM ENDS: 12:11PM MICHAEL McCORMACK Well, thank you, Robert (Flint President, Mutuma Hall Centenary Committee) and thank you to your hard-working committee and well done to Muttama. This hall was built because the people of this village, the people of this district, believed in something. They believed that there was a future for Muttama. They believed that the men they sent to […]
TRANSCRIPT: REMARKS AT WIND FARMS COMMUNITY MEETING, CROOKWELL SERVICES CLUB, 13 MAY 2025
E&OE STARTS: 7.21pm ENDS 7.33PM MICHAEL McCORMACK: Thank you. Thank you very much, Alexis (Garnaut-Miller), and thank you to each and every one of you for coming out this evening. There are probably a million other things that each and every one of you could probably be doing but tonight is an important night. It’s an information night. It’s a […]
TRANSCRIPT: 2GB WITH MICHAEL MCLAREN RE INFORMAL VOTING 7 MAY 2025
Subjects: Informal votes E&OE STARTS 2.41pm ENDS 2.49pm MICHAEL MCLAREN So, what are the factors underpinning this? Is it a lack of education? Lack of understanding of basic civics? Can’t people put one to seven in sequential order? Or are people deliberately spoiling the ballot because they say pox on all your houses? I guess we’ll never really know. It’s going to be a mix of all of the above and then some additional. But I thought we’d have a […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW SKY NEWS NATIONAL WITH PETER STEFANOVIC 7 MAY 25
E&OE STARTS 7.45AM ENDS 7.53AM PETER STEFANOVIC The Coalition split on nuclear after losing the election, yeah, there is a divide running through the Coalition over the future of that policy. You’re watching First Edition, folks. Well, the Coalition is facing a test this morning as divisions emerge over the future of its nuclear policy. We discussed this with Matt Canavan on the program earlier […]