The Most Reverend Francis Patrick Carroll, who passed away on March 14 aged 93, was an accomplished first grader in the fabled South Western District Football League.
With the popular priest set to be remembered at a service in Wagga on Wednesday, March 20, MICHAEL MCCORMACK looks back on the day Father Frank came up against the feared Mick Grambeau.
Read MoreFederal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has welcomed the $3 billion funding deal between Australian pharmacies and the Labor Government in what seems to be an acknowledgment of Labor’s poorly thought-out 60-day dispensing changes.
Read MoreFederal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack is warning the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is starting to crack as Riverina and Central West recipients and carers are left struggling to get their issues resolved, all whilst the scheme faces ever-increasing cost blowouts.
Read MoreSubjects: Trucking Industry, Scott Morrison’s retirement from Parliament
Read MoreAn alarming new report by online healthcare directory Cleanbill has shed light on the worrying reality of low and declining bulk billing rates across regional Australia.
Read MoreFederal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has called out the Albanese Labor Government for its plans to jack up prices of Australia’s most popular cars and utes as part of its proposed New Vehicle Efficiency Standards and push towards electric vehicles.
Read MoreSubjects: Wagga Wagga Airport
Read MoreFarmers and industry fear Labor’s imminent updates to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme could result in workers from nine Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste permanently receiving better pay conditions in some circumstances than Australian farm workers, placing an undue burden on employers.
Read MoreFederal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has expressed serious concerns for the health welfare of regional, rural and remote Australians after the Minister for Health, Mark Butler, said Australians should just “ring around” to find a bulk-billing GP in their area.
Read MoreSUBJECTS: Regional Health, Booing the PM, Highspeed Rail & Inland Rail.
Read MoreOn Australia Day, members of the public across the Riverina and Central West were recognised for services to their community.
Read MoreMichael McCormack and his Nationals’ colleagues have been calling for the inquiry since last year to help deal with spiralling cost-of-living pressures for regional and rural Australians.
Read MoreFederal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has slammed Labor’s betrayal of its 2022 election commitment to retain the stage 3 tax cuts which were legislated by the former Liberal and Nationals Government.
“What we are seeing here is yet another broken promise by the Albanese Labor Government…
Read MoreSubjects: Trucking Industry
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