STATEMENT ON GAZA CEASEFIRE
The announcement of a ceasefire and hostage agreement in Gaza, marks an important step toward ending a devastating conflict that has gone on for too long.
McCORMACK CONDEMNS SHEIKH’S ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS
Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has condemned the violent anti-Semitic rhetoric of the recently-appointed principal of New Madinah College at Young, who in a social media post exhorted for Zionists to “burn in the lowest pits of hellfire”.
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH SAM COSTIN, 7NEWS RIVERINA, 14 JANUARY 2025
Subjects: Sheik Abulghani Albaf, electorate boundary changes, election, Australia Day E&OE SAM COSTIN: Your name and role, please. MICHAEL McCORMACK: Michael McCormack, Federal Member for Riverina, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific. SAM COSTIN: Excellent. All right, Michael. So, we do have some concerning information coming out of Young. What are you aware […]
CLEANBILL REPORT REVEALS CONTINUING DECLINE IN BULK BILLING RATES UNDER LABOR
Today’s release of Cleanbill’s 2025 Blue Report shows bulk billing rates continue to decline at an alarming rate, while average out-of-pocket costs for GP consultations across Australia are soaring.
STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF TIM WEEKS
“I am deeply saddened by the death in Afghanistan of Jibra’il Omar, best known in Australia as Tim Weeks.
McCORMACK INVITES MOBILE BLACKSPOT FEEDBACK
Following the opening of Round 8 of the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP), Riverina MP Michael McCormack is inviting feedback from Riverina constituents about where they would like to see improved mobile coverage.
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH 2SM, 24 December 2024
Subjects: Stronger Communities Program, Vanuatu earthquake update, Hume Highway bus crash E&OE STARTS: 1.46pm ENDS: 1.54pm INTERVIEWER: Well what does this latest proposal mean for the Riverina? MICHAEL McCORMACK MP: Well, what this means is that 20 organisations in the electorate – the Riverina Electorate, can apply for funding between $2500 and $20,000 and they […]
TRANSCRIPT: ABC RADIO RIVERINA WITH SALLY BRYANT, 19 DECEMBER 2024
SUBJECTS: HUMELINK, FEDERAL ELECTION AND THOMAS BLAMEY PORTRAIT E&OE STARTS: 8:40am ENDS: 8:49am SALLY BRYANT: It’s 20 minutes to 9 and not long now until Christmas and a bit of a Christmas present that many people didn’t need was the news overnight that the Federal Government has approved the $4.8 billion HumeLink Project to connect […]
McCORMACK WELCOMES RATIONAL, NATIONAL NUCLEAR DISCUSSION
Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has welcomed today’s Coalition nuclear energy policy announcement and the release of the Frontier Economics report on the inclusion of nuclear energy in the national energy grid.
PNG NRL Team
Today’s confirmation of the inclusion of a Papua New Guinean Team in the National Rugby League (NRL), is an important step in the ongoing effort to strengthen ties and promote people-to-people connections in the Pacific.