Transcript: WAGGA WAGGA CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY AT RIVERSIDE PRECINCT, 26 JANUARY 2025
E&OE STARTS: 9:17AM ENDS: 9:22AM MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well, thank you, Mr Mayor (Dallas Tout), and certainly happy Australia Day one and all. It’s great to see so many people. The car park is absolutely chockers! So I will first read the letter from the Honourable Tony Burke, who amongst other things is the Minister for […]
COALITION TO CUT RED TAPE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE RIVERINA ELECTORATE
Small businesses across the Riverina, Central West, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Southern Tablelands are set to benefit from a new Coalition policy that will cut red tape. A future Liberal-Nationals Government will introduce a capped tax deduction of $20,000 for business-related meal and entertainment expenses – excluding alcohol – for small businesses with […]
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.
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.