COALITION COMMITS TO RE-FUNDING LOCAL ROADS AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
The Riverina is set to benefit from more than $27 million under the Coalition’s commitment to renew the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program with $1 billion, if the Coalition is elected to Government. “The announcement of $1 billion for the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program is a huge reaffirmation of the commitment the […]
TRANSCRIPT: WAGGA PRESS CONFERENCE LOCAL ROADS AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, ELECTORATE OFFICE WAGGA WAGGA. 15 APRIL 2025
E&OE STARTS 10.00AM ENDS: 10:15AM Only The Nationals can be trusted with regional infrastructure. That is why I’m so proud to announce that $27 million is going to the 12 local government areas across the Riverina in our electorate. The new boundaries are for community infrastructure and vital road upgrades. We are reinstating the Local […]
TRANSCRIPT: SPEECH AT MURRUMBATEMAN MARKETS REGARDING BARTON DUPLICATION, 12 APRIL 2025
E&OE STARTS: 11:57AM ENDS: 11:59AM MICHAEL McCORMACK: I will make this short and sweet and I will make this short as (Yass Valley Mayor) Jasmin (Jones) has put me on very much on a time limit. If Rowena Abbey was the most annoying advocate for the Barton Highway Peter Walker ran a very, very close […]
TRANSCRIPT: BALLOT DRAW PRESS CONFERENCE, 11 APRIL 2025
AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION, RIVERINA DIVISION CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, COPLAND STREET, WAGGA WAGGA E&OE STARTS: 12:43 PM ENDS: 12:51 PM EMILY FRANCIS: So, number 11, how are you feeling? MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well I have batted number 11 in cricket plenty of times and it has still made runs. People find who they want to vote for on […]
McCORMACK COMMITS $24 MILLION TOWARDS WAGGA WAGGA AIRPORT UPGRADE
Nationals Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has reaffirmed his commitment to improving the Wagga Wagga Airport precinct. If Mr McCormack is re-elected, along with an elected Coalition Government, $24 million will be invested towards an upgrade of the terminal at the airport. Mr McCormack said the Wagga Wagga Airport was an important transport hub […]
Labor’s Royal Children’s Hospital cuts will hurt sick children
You are blessed if you are born healthy. Not everyone has such good fortune. Australia has an excellent health system which caters for, or should look after, those who happen to not be so lucky at birth. Federally, in excess of $110 billion is spent nationally on health each year and the States, combined, contribute […]
TRANSCRIPT: WIN NEWS WITH GEORGIE BURGESS, 26 March 2024
Subjects: Federal Budget 2025/26 E&OE STARTS: 9:23am GEORGIE BURGESS What’s in the Budget for your region? MICHAEL McCORMACK It’s an attack on regional Australia. This Budget does nothing to help regional Australia in so far as the infrastructure on which we’ve relied those grant programs, which would mean so much for so many councils and […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH ABC RIVERINA, SALLY BRYANT RE FEDERAL BUDGET, 26 MARCH 2024
E&OE STARTS: 7:11AM ENDS: 7:20AM SALLY BRYANT: The 2025 Federal Government has handed down the Budget, there is going to be a lot of analysis on what is in that Budget on ABC Radio and online throughout the day. I am always interested to hear what you think of measures like $17 billion in tax […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH 7News Riverina Budget preview, 25 MARCH 2025
E&OE STARTS: 1.03pm ENDS: 1.13pm EMILY FRANCIS: So, Budget Eve—come a little bit more than 24 hours—what are you hoping to see out of the budget for the regions, particularly the Riverina? MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well, certainly, I do hope that Labor commits to its $30 million for planning for a potential bypass for the Inland […]
TRANSCRIPT: WIN NEWS ACT WITH GEORGIE BURGESS, 21 March 2025
E&OE STARTS: 10:55am GEORGIE BURGESS Michael obviously (inaudible) in your neck of the woods, how are you feel about the change of boundaries? MICHAEL McCORMACK Oh, really welcome Yass Valley, Snowy Valleys and Upper Lachlan and the eastern end of Hilltops Council into the electorate. They like the rest of the Riverina, the old boundaries […]