MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Budget
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (15:35): Back in 1976, AC/DC, one of my favourite bands, released a song called ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’. Today, in the Senate, we saw a sequel to ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ when Labor sided with the Greens, their old friends. As much as Labor try to deny that they are best […]
BILLS – Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (12:25): Too little, too late. But, with so many of the policies brought forward by this Albanese Labor government, it is all too often too little, too late. The Combating Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026 is another sad example of that, and I feel sorry for those authorities whose job it is these days […]
GOVERNMENT’S TRIPLE BACKFLIP ON VETERANS
Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack MP has welcomed the latest reversal of funding cuts affecting Veterans, while questioning why it took sustained public pressure to force the Government’s hand, not once, but three times. “This is now the third backflip we’ve seen from this Government on matters that […]
Labor has broken our sacred promise to vets
For a paltry few thousand dollars, Labor’s broken promises Budget could have at least provided the father of fallen Victoria Cross hero Cameron Baird with travel money to enable him to visit RSLs, schools and talk to Veterans about his brave son. Right now, Australia needs heroes. In a volatile world, in a nation badly […]
TRANSCRIPT: SPEECH AT RICHARD NORDEN STATUE OPENING, SHERIDAN STREET, GUNDAGAI, 14 MAY 2026
Subjects: Richard Norden Statue Unveiling E&OE STARTS 11.12AM MICHAEL McCORMACK This is a special place. This is a special town, and this is a special man. Gundagai, you should be very proud today. One of your own sons is being remembered in a most magnificent way, an appropriate way. A true bronzed Aussie. A son […]
RIVERINA AND REGIONS NEGLECTED AGAIN IN SAVAGE LABOR BUDGET
The Labor Government’s Federal Budget has taken a sledgehammer to Riverina residents’ livelihoods by increasing taxes, driving down living standards and continuing to cut funding to the regions, Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says. Mr McCormack said those living in the Riverina and wider regional Australia were bearing the brunt of a Labor Government […]
TRANSCRIPT: 2CC BREAKFAST WITH STEPHEN CENATIEMPO, 1 AUGUST 2025
Subjects: Net zero, US beef imports E&OE STARTS 8.07am ENDS 8.15am STEPHEN CENATIEMPO Seven past eight on this Friday the 1st of August. Good to be with you as you head into the final hour of the program. Still to come, we’ll cross to the United States and catch up with Tim Schildberger, we’ll […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]