Wagga at forefront to ease doctor shortage

Training doctors in the regions from start to finish increases significantly the chances they will remain and practise in country areas once they graduate. This is why the Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network is playing such an important role in helping to ease the chronic shortage of rural doctors. As the years go by, and more […]
LABOR’S PLAN TO LOWER REGIONAL SPEED LIMITS MUST BE SCRAPPED, SAYS McCORMACK

Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says the Albanese Government should immediately abandon its plan to lower regional speed limits to as low as 70 kilometres per hour. “The people of the Riverina electorate want hot cash for hot asphalt, they do not want to be throttled by this Labor Government that continues to show […]
THE NATIONALS PUT AUSTRALIANS FIRST WITH CHEAPER ELECTRICITY, SECURE JOBS AND LOWER EMISSIONs

Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says there is a cheaper, better and fairer way for Australia to reduce its emissions after The Nationals’ Partyroom agreed to officially abandon Net Zero. It comes after The Nationals’ Federal Council voted overwhelmingly to drop the 2050 target. Mr McCormack said the current carpet bombing of the Riverina […]
LABOR BACKFLIPS ON SMSF FARM TAX GRAB – FOR NOW

Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says the Labor Government’s retreat on its terrible plan to tax unrealised gains on farms held in self-managed super funds is a victory for many Riverina families but warns that Labor has a track record of saying one thing and doing another. “I have been campaigning against Labor’s deeply […]
FUNDING TO ENHANCE VETERAN WELLBEING AT PRO PATRIA AND DEFENCE SHED WAGGA WAGGA

Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says a $71,054 Federal grant to Pro Patria will enable the wellbeing centre to continue to deliver better outcomes for Veterans. “Pro Patria Centre, along with Defence Shed Wagga Wagga, has been doing a power of good for Veterans and this $71,000 in funding, through the 2024-25 Veteran Wellbeing […]
Labor’s time limit on Lest We Forget

No-one could ever say Richard Norden and Teddy Sheean did not deserve Victoria Crosses for Australia. Soldier Norden, known as Dick, dashed into an enemy ambush again and again and again to rescue a mate and recover another’s body, being severely wounded himself in the action, during the Vietnam War. Sailor Sheean ignored orders to […]
WIND TOWER PROPOSAL BLOWS OVER … FOR NOW

Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has welcomed the indefinite delay to the proposed 90 260-metre tall wind towers between Binalong and Bowning. It has since been revealed Wind Prospect’s United Kingdom arm owes millions of dollars to creditors and has been trading insolvent since 2017. Mr McCormack said the announcement was a win for […]
Australia will grind to a halt if we lose trucks

Without trucks, Australia stops. It is that simple. Trucks, or more specifically, those skilful yet much-maligned drivers behind the wheel of them, deliver just about everything around this wide, brown land. Be it the vast expanses of regional Australia or bustling capital cities, much of what sustains us is brought in on the back of […]
RIVERINA STUDENTS INVITED TO ENTER ‘MY FIRST SPEECH’ COMPETITION

Member for Riverina Michael McCormack is asking Year 10, 11, and 12 students to put themselves in the position of a newly elected Member of Parliament as part of a nationwide competition. Organised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Milton Dick MP, the My First Speech competition challenges eligible students to […]
TRANSCRIPT: WIN RIVERINA WITH GEORGIA ROBINSON, 22 AUGUST 2025

Subjects: Lockhart Aged Care upgrade E&OE STARTS 11.18am MICHAEL McCORMACK Michael McCormack, Federal Member for Riverina. GEORGIA ROBINSON So, obviously it’s very exciting today to have this upgraded facility. Age care is a Federal issue, how does it feel to see this investment here in this small community the Riverina? MICHAEL McCORMACK […]