Transcript: Interview with Scott Mayman from Radio97 2MW, 15 April 2019
EO&E
Subjects: Election campaign, Candidate for Richmond Matthew Fraser, Labor’s tax on franking credits, Budget, drought
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
Well campaigning obviously, on the Wombat Trail with my National Party Candidate here for Richmond, Matthew Fraser. He's having another crack at the seat. He's made small business a priority, he's made retirees a priority. Two things that certainly Justine Elliot has never made a priority. Fact is we've already been pulled up in the shopping malls and wherever we've been this morning by a number of retirees who say they want their money left alone. They don't want Bill Shorten putting his hand in their pockets and taking away the money that's already been taxed.
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
8,000 apparently, more than 8,000 of them and on average it's going to cost them about $6,000 each and that's money that they can spend on fixing their fridge, on paying their car rego, on buying their grandkids presents. It's their money. That's the ... at the end of the day, the bottom line is, it's their money.
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
We're going down to Cowper for a Pat Conaghan and you know every day it's a different electorate or sometimes a different state so ... but this is what I do all the time. You know. I'm one the road constantly. I only ever spend one or two nights at home in Wagga Wagga. But it's great. Look, you're only a custodian in a position for it as long as your party and the voters want you and so you know, you need to make every post a winner and we've got a good story to tell.
The budget was a very, very good budget. A budget for all Australians but particularly those who live in the regions, particularly those who live in country and coastal Australia. The infrastructure, the tax breaks, the things that were there for small businesses as far as instant asset write-off and those things are concerned, very, very good.
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
Well we've been there to support them through all of these natural disasters, and of course the drought has taken its toll and its effect on country communities throughout Queensland and New South Wales in particular. But we've been there, we've been there with a package of measures and we'll continue to support these people. And when you've got a strong economy you can pay for the services that all Australians, particularly regional Australians need, want, expect, and most of all deserve. So we're there for all Australians, tax cuts but we're not giving tax cuts at the expense of another group of people in society. We're doing it fairly, we're doing it across the board and we're making sure that people understand that we've been a good government and we want to continue to do that for small business so that the lowest rate of tax that they're paying since 1940 is a good provision but extending the instant asset write-off so every bit of capital equipment they can write down on the day is such a good measure and they can do it up to $30,000 which is a great thing for them.
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
Well the Tweed needs somebody in government who can listen to them but then most importantly when they get to Canberra, act on their behalf and certainly I know Matthew Fraser, I've known him for a long, long time. He will do that he will be an active voice in Parliament. Give him a chance and he'll work wonders for you.
SCOTT MAYMAN:
[Inaudible]
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
Look I think that's all, I think people should have a really should long, hard, think about who they want to support them, to be with them. It's a choice between shifty Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison who’s laid out an economic blueprint for the future. It's a clear choice as far as voters are concerned.