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Michael McCormack

Michael McCormack is the The Nationals MP for Riverina. First elected 21 August 2010.

2010 Won Riverina, entered parliament
2016 Became Nationals deputy leader
2017 Became small business minister
2018 Became leader, Deputy PM
2020 Became infrastructure minister
2021 Lost Nationals leadership, Deputy PM
2010 May 2026
  1. 2010 Won Riverina, entered parliament
  2. 2016 Became Nationals deputy leader
  3. 2017 Became small business minister
  4. 2018 Became leader, Deputy PM
  5. 2020 Became infrastructure minister
  6. 2021 Lost Nationals leadership, Deputy PM
  • The Nationals

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 26
  • Health, care & disability 15
  • Defence & foreign affairs 11
  • Transport & communications 9
  • Immigration, border & security 8

Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.

How do they vote?

Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.

  • Coalition 99%
  • One Nation 98%
  • Labor 15%
  • Greens 15%

413 tracked votes while with The Nationals.

How do they compare?

  • Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 15.9 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
  • Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 1 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 1 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Michael Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

Recent entries to 6 July 2026 show McCormack supporting the health incentive payment programs while wanting Senate scrutiny and voting Aye on a separate question criticising the government over GP costs and access. He supported stronger enforcement of the social-media minimum age in online child-safety rules, while his Aye was on a criticism question. He opposed the workplace-relations package, voting No on stronger workplace determination terms. On aviation consumer protection, he supported passage at second reading while seeking amendments, including his sponsored regional-protections amendment, which was defeated 47–86.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 413 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

151 tracked speeches across 137 bills.

  • 77 backing a bill
  • 14 with reservations
  • 48 against
  • 12 no clear position

About these numbers

Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.

Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.