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 […]
TRANSCRIPT: PRESS CONFERENCE AT SOUTH WAGGA WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL, 3 MAY 2025
Subjects: Federal Election E&OE STARTS 11.12AM MICHAEL McCORMACK Well, great to be joined by my three-week old granddaughter, Adeline Bell, with her mother, Georgina, and her father Daniel today, and my wife, Catherine. Fantastic that democracy is playing its part and already this morning I’ve been to Gundagai High School and Gundagai South (Public School), […]
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 EMILY FRANCIS: 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. […]
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 […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGIA ROBINSON, WIN NEWS WAGGA, 22 APRIL 2025
E&OE SUBJECTS: BAYLIS STREET PRE-POLL STARTS: 10.39AM ENDS: 10:42AM GEORGIA ROBINSON: 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 […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW, 7NEWS RIVERINA WITH EMILY FRANCIS, FITZMAURICE STREET, WAGGA WAGGA, 22 APRIL 2025
SUBJECT: ELECTION PRE-POLL FITZMAURICE STREET, WAGGA WAGGA E&OE STARTS 9.16AM ENDS: 9:17AM MICHAEL McCORMACK: People are exercising their right to vote early for a number of reasons, they may be going away, they might not be around Wagga Wagga or indeed the Riverina electorate on Election Day. So, pre-poll has become a huge part of […]
YASS VALLEY COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM $440,000 UPGRADE TO YASS MEMORIAL POOL
The Yass Valley will benefit from $440,000 in Federal investment in the Yass Memorial Pool if the Coalition is elected to Government with a Nationals’ Member for Riverina. The funding is necessary to complete heating system upgrades for which Yass Swimming Club secured a grant from the New South Wales Government in 2024. “Individuals and […]