Michael McCormack

Latest speeches

1. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • McCormack: MPI: housing, construction insolvencies and veterans’ cap

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. This matter of public importance debate is entitled the need for the government to be clear with Australians as to why they are worse off. And I could think of no more important thing to be…”

     Watch from 3:02:56

2. Federation Chamber (part 3 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Riverina MP: early life and career milestones

     “Now, she won a scholarship to the University of Sydney, graduating with the University Medal in Law. And this was perhaps one of the first of many amazing achievements. At 27, she became the first, sorry, the youngest person to…”

     Watch from 3:46

   • Key cases, equality reforms and impact on women

     “As a junior barrister, she argued the equal pay case for the Whitlam government in 1972, and that would have been pretty difficult back then. That would have been very, very tough. She helped establish the 1979 maternity leave standard…”

     Watch from 5:46

3. Federation Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Youth leadership, regional safety and community events

     “Massive day in the Riverina on Saturday. The 160th Wagga Wagga Show was held, and about 11,000 people flocked to be part of the fun. Zara Hiscock, 21, was named Young Woman of the Show, and Jackie Millwood's 50 years…”

     Watch from 58:04

4. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Opposition motion: economic plans, cost of living and housing

     “So often during this parliamentary term and the previous one, we have seen Labor members opposite talking about unions, drumming up unions, saying how responsible and how beholden they are to the unions. And what we saw over the weekend…”

     Watch from 2:00:28

   • Urgent motion: veterans’ allied health cap and government response

     “I second the motion and suspension of standing and sessional orders need to be suspended. And I am not sure that the Minister is here deliberately or whether he actually has table duty, but I'm very pleased also that the…”

     Watch from 2:29:24

   • Private Health Insurance rebate bill: aged care funding trade‑off

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. And again, we have a situation where there is a policy area that Labor did not intimate before the election and before the budget and then brings it in during that particular process: the private health…”

     Watch from 2:52:36

5. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • McCormack: regional aged care access challenges

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. For communities across the Riverina electorate I proudly serve, aged care is not some sort of conceptual debate. It affects every family in Wagga Wagga and every town and village. Older residents across this country, and…”

     Watch from 1:41:01

   • Commissioner role: First Nations aged care focus

     “Now, the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner is a step towards ensuring culturally appropriate aged care services on country and in some of Australia's most far-flung places. I was in the Northern Territory last…”

     Watch from 1:43:23

   • Bill schedules: system modifications and technical changes

     “Schedule 1 establishes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner within the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. And this gives effect to recommendation 49 of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and responds to…”

     Watch from 1:46:00
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6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Wage Justice bill: Riverina stresses regional access

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. And it's interesting when you, um, think about childcare and regional Australia to note that on the cover of the GrainGrowers annual report of 22-23, you have a picture of a young girl in a, uh,…”

     Watch from 1:14:06