Michael McCormack (Australian politician)

McCormack was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales as one of five children born to Eileen Margaret (née Margosis; 1938–2018){{cite web|url=http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyadvertiser-AU/obituary.aspx?n=eileen-margaret-mccormack&pid=187864592&referrer=0&preview=True|title=Eileen Margaret McCormack|publisher=Legacy|date=17 January 2018}}[https://www.michaelmccormack.com.au/maiden-speech/ Maiden Speech], MichaelMcCormack.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2018. and Lance McCormack (d. 2008),{{cite web|url=https://www.areanews.com.au/story/1703005/candidates-bare-all/|title=Candidates bare all|date=14 August 2013|publisher=The Age News|quote=When was the last time you cried? When my father, Lance, died in 2008.}} a dryland farmer. His maternal grandfather, George Peter Margosis, was born in 1896 in Akrata, Greece; his other three grandparents were born in New South Wales.{{cite web|url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/111751/new-deputy-pm-of-greek-descent/|title=New Deputy PM of Greek descent|date=1 March 2018|publisher=NeoKosmos|quote="In regards to the Grandfather of Mr McCormack Michael Francis, namely George Peter Margosis, allegedly born in 1896 in either Corinth or Akrata, following search conducted by our Offices, no registration of his in the Municipal and/ or Male Registries of either the Municipality of Corinth or the Municipality of Aigialeia appeared," reads the statement}}[http://dl.aph.gov.au/citizenship/McCormackM_CTZ45P.pdf Citizenship Register – 45th Parliament: Members' statements in relation to citizenship]. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.cootamundraherald.com.au/story/5106131/riverina-mp-named-in-dual-citizenship-saga/|title=Michael McCormack denies holding Greek citizenship in continuing Canberra saga|work=Cootamundra Herald|author=Lachlan Grey|date=7 December 2017 |access-date=26 February 2018}} He had four siblings, Denise, Robyn, Julieanne and Mark. He grew up on the family farms in nearby Marrar and Brucedale. He attended St Michael's Regional High School and Trinity Senior High School (later merged into Kildare Catholic College).[https://www.michaelmccormack.com.au/about-michael/ About Michael], MichaelMcCormack.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

After leaving school, McCormack took up a cadetship at The Daily Advertiser, the local daily newspaper. He was appointed editor of the paper in 1991, aged 27, making him reputedly the "youngest newspaper editor in Australia".{{cite news|title=Four things you need to know about Michael McCormack, Australia's new small business minister |url=https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/politics/four-things-you-need-to-know-about-michael-mccormack-australias-new-small-business-minister/|author=Broede Carmody|date=19 July 2016|publisher=Smart Company|access-date=22 February 2018}} McCormack was sacked from The Daily Advertiser in February 2002. In response, "more than 20 journalists, photographers and other editorial staff" staged a 24-hour walkout.{{cite news|title=Regional newspaper staff strike over editor's suspension|publisher=ABC News|date=10 February 2002}} He went on to sue the Riverina Media Group for unfair dismissal, and in 2003 settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.{{cite journal|title=Former editor accepts out-of-court settlement|journal=Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter|date=October 2003|issue=24 |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:10871/anhg24.pdf |access-date=24 March 2011 |page=9 |publisher=University of Queensland}} McCormack subsequently started his own media and publishing company, MSS Media Services and Solutions.{{cite web|title=Michael's Employment History|url=http://michaelmccormack.com.au/about-michael/michael-s-employment-history/|work=Michael McCormack|access-date=24 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706110227/http://michaelmccormack.com.au/about-michael/michael-s-employment-history/|archive-date=6 July 2011}} He also served as a director of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club from 1994 to 2003, as well as its official historian.{{Cite web |url=http://nsw.nationals.org.au/our-team/the-nationals-team/mr-michael-mccormack.html |title=Michael McCormack MP Member for the Riverina |access-date=24 March 2011 |publisher=The Nationals NSW |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218034425/http://nsw.nationals.org.au/our-team/the-nationals-team/mr-michael-mccormack.html |archive-date=18 February 2011}}

File:Michael_McCormack_Portrait_2010.jpg

McCormack was campaign director for Kay Hull, the Nationals MP for Riverina, at the 2004 and 2007 federal elections. Hull announced her retirement from politics in April 2010, and McCormack subsequently won preselection for her seat at the 2010 election.{{Cite news |title=Michael's the man |url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/michaels-the-man/1920434.aspx |access-date=23 August 2010 |work=The Daily Advertiser |date=23 August 2010 |last1=Glover |first1=Ben |last2=Higgins |first2=Ben}} The Liberals stood a candidate in Riverina for the first time since 1998, but that had little impact on the result, with the Nationals recording a 3.6-point positive swing on a two-party-preferred basis.{{cite web |url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-250.htm |title=First Preferences and Two Candidate Preferred – Riverina |work=2010 federal election |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |date=21 August 2010 |access-date=23 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823213320/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-250.htm |archive-date=23 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}

After the Coalition won the 2013 election, McCormack was made parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Finance, Mathias Cormann. He was later appointed Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, in September 2015.{{Cite Au Parliament |name=Hon Michael McCormack MP |mpid=219646 |access-date=15 November 2021}} In February 2016, he became Assistant Minister for Defence under Marise Payne.

In July 2016, after the 2016 election, McCormack was appointed Minister for Small Business. In that capacity, he was responsible for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which conducted the 2016 national census and the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey during his tenure.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/whats-the-point-of-a-plebiscite-asks-turnbull-government-minister-20160727-gqeud3.html|title='What's the point of a plebiscite?' asks Turnbull government minister|author=Michael Koziol|date=27 July 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=22 February 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/it-it-gets-up-the-samesex-marriage-postal-plebiscite-could-break-the-abs-20170808-gxrmml.html|author=Peter Martin|title=If it gets up, the same-sex marriage postal plebiscite could break the ABS|date=8 August 2017|access-date=22 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} He opposes same-sex marriage, but voted in favour of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 after promising to vote in line with the survey result in his constituency.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/5058698/mccormack-to-back-same-sex-marriage-bill/|title=Member for Riverina Michael McCormack to back same-sex marriage bill following majority 'yes' vote|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=15 November 2017|author=Lachlan Grey|access-date=22 February 2018}} In a ministerial reshuffle in December 2017, McCormack was made Minister for Defence Personnel, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, positions which had previously been held by Dan Tehan. In February 2018, McCormack introduced a bill which implemented several new initiatives delivering better services to veterans and their families.{{Cite web |title=Michael McCormack |url=https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/michael-mccormack/102198272 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Q+A |language=en-AU}}

When Warren Truss retired as leader of the National Party in February 2016, McCormack publicly contemplated standing as his replacement.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2016/s4404338.htm|title=A Melbourne Cup field – Riverina MP Michael McCormack may enter the race for Nationals Deputy Leader|author=Michael Brissenden|publisher=AM (ABC Radio)|date=11 February 2016|access-date=22 February 2018}} He eventually chose not to run for the leadership, allowing Barnaby Joyce to win the position unopposed. He did stand for the deputy leadership (which Joyce had vacated), but lost to Senator Fiona Nash reportedly by only a single vote.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/fiona-nash-back-from-the-brink-and-into-cabinet-20160212-gmsco1.html|title=Fiona Nash back from the brink and into cabinet|author=Matthew Knott|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 February 2016|access-date=22 February 2018}} In December 2017, McCormack again contested the deputy leadership of the National Party, which had been made vacant as a result of Fiona Nash's disqualification from parliament. He was defeated by Bridget McKenzie, once again losing by only one vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/exeditor-michael-mccormack-leads-nationals-leadership-field/news-story/4a4660a708beee3b8a9b0eec6514be8f|author=Ben Packham & Joe Kelly|title=Ex-editor Michael McCormack leads Nationals leadership field|work=The Australian|date=24 February 2018|access-date=24 February 2018}}

File:Deputy Prime Minister and Member for Riverina, The Honourable Michael McCormack.jpg

Following the resignation of Barnaby Joyce in February 2018, McCormack announced that he would contest the resulting leadership vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/speculation-mounts-over-barnaby-joyce-press-conference/news-story/98df87197eae5a4ae9f57a9af8b1ab4e |title=Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce resigns as Nationals leader |work=news.com.au |date=23 February 2018 |last1=Graham |first1=Ben |last2=Killalea |first2=Debra}} Several other MPs publicly endorsed him for the position, and the only other announced candidate, David Gillespie, withdrew his candidacy the day before the election. George Christensen launched a last-minute bid for the leadership, but was defeated by McCormack, who succeeded Joyce as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/michael-mccormack-to-lead-nationals/news-story/c97e0b69ffddacde8abddd64825afe9a |title=Michael McCormack to lead Nationals|work=The Australian|author=Kelly, Joe|date=26 February 2018|access-date=26 February 2018}} He also replaced Joyce as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport.{{cite news |last=Killalea |first=Debra |date=26 February 2018 |title=Michael McCormack: Deputy PM role confirmed |url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/michael-mccormack-deputy-pm-role-confirmed/news-story/9f79cd4335fceeca75576bef5bb097a5 |work=News.com.au |location=Canberra, Australia |access-date=26 February 2018 }}

After the Coalition won the 2019 federal election, McCormack was re-elected party leader unopposed.{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Cathy |title=Party leadership changes and challenges: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp2223/Quick_Guides/PartyChangesChallenges |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=APH |language=en-AU}} On 4 February 2020, Joyce unsuccessfully challenged McCormack as leader of the Nationals.{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=2020-02-04 |title='The issue is finalised': Barnaby Joyce licks wounds, vows to get back to his day job |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-issue-is-finalised-barnaby-joyce-licks-wounds-vows-to-get-back-to-his-day-job-20200204-p53xrl.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} A second leadership leadership spill was held on 21 June 2021, and was called by the Senator for Queensland, Matt Canavan. McCormack had been criticised for his performance during Question Time while serving as Acting Prime Minister, as well as not "extracting enough from the Prime Minister" in relation to a net zero emissions target.{{Cite news |last=Tingle |first=Laura |date=2021-06-18 |title=Morrison is facing a serious weakness — and they're supposed to be a friend |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-19/parliament-mccormack-morrison-government-nationals-tail-wagging/100227356 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} McCormack was defeated by his predecessor Barnaby Joyce, who assumed the former's position as leader and Deputy Prime Minister. He then returned to the backbench.{{Cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Josh |last2=Remeikis |first2=Amy |last3=Taylor (now) |first3=Josh |last4=Remeikis (earlier) |first4=Amy |date=2021-06-21 |title=Barnaby Joyce returns as Nationals leader; Senate hearing on Covid-19 begins – as it happened |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jun/21/australia-politics-live-national-party-barnaby-joyce-michael-mccormack-david-littleproud-national-cabinet-scott-morrison-covid-vaccine-health-sydney-masks |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

McCormack was re-elected at the 2022 election with a reduced vote-share of 64.85% on a two-party preferred basis. In June 2022, he was appointed by opposition leader Peter Dutton as Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

McCormack, a Roman Catholic, married Catherine (née Shaw) in Saint Michael's Cathedral, Wagga Wagga in 1986. They have three children.

In 1995, he became the owner of "the biggest collection of bound volumes of The Times anywhere in the world outside London", acquiring 900 volumes from Charles Sturt University when it ran out of storage space.{{cite news|title=Plenty in store|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 November 1995|author=Alex Mitchell}}

In 2022, McCormack was taken to the hospital after drinking a bowl of Micronesian sakau,{{Cite web| title=Micronesian Sakau - What is Sakau and what makes it different from other Kava?|date=22 August 2022 |url=https://rootofhappinesskava.com/blogs/articles/micronesian-sakau-what-is-sakau-and-what-makes-it-different-from-other-kava}} a concentrated version of kava.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title='I went cross-eyed': Australia's former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/i-went-cross-eyed-australias-former-deputy-pm-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-entire-bowl-of-kava |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} He had reportedly underestimated its potency.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-16 |title=Nationals MP Michael McCormack's kava-drinking ordeal leaves him 'cross-eyed' in hospital |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-16/nationals-michael-mccormack-hospitalised-after-kava-drinking/101783022 |access-date=2022-12-16}}

In 1993, McCormack published a controversial editorial in which he blamed homosexuality for AIDS and criticized pride parades. He wrote that "a week never goes by anymore that homosexuals and their sordid behaviour don't become further entrenched in society [...] unfortunately gays are here and, if the disease their unnatural acts helped spread doesn't wipe out humanity, they’re here to stay". He asked "how can these people call for rights when they're responsible for the greatest medical dilemma known to man – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?"{{cn|date=June 2024}}

The article was the subject of three complaints to the Australian Press Council, though none was upheld.{{cite news|title=The rural reality|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|author=Connell, Jennifer|date=1 March 1995}} In further editorials from the same period he said "I’m not sorry, why should I be?" about his views, and branded himself "homophobic".{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/28/michael-mccormack-says-his-views-have-changed-since-controversial-editorials|title=Michael McCormack distances himself from editorial backing death penalty |last=Zhou|first=Naaman|date=28 February 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2018}} McCormack subsequently wrote a second editorial apologising for the first.{{cite news |url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4849741/mps-homophobic-slurs-re-emerge-amid-postal-plebiscite-controversy/|title=Michael McCormack's homophobic slurs re-emerge amid postal plebiscite controversy |author=Huntly, Daisy|work=Illawarra Mercury |date=11 August 2017|access-date=22 February 2018}} His remarks resurfaced when he embarked on a career in politics, and he issued further apologies in 2010 and 2017, stating that he had "grown and learnt not only to tolerate, but to accept all people regardless of their sexual orientation or any other trait or feature which makes each of us different and unique".{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/735465/homophobic-slurs-haunt-mccormack/|title=Homophobic slurs haunt McCormack |work=The Daily Advertiser|author=Glover, Ben|date=12 August 2010|access-date=22 February 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/small-business-minister-michael-mccormack-issues-new-apology-over-homophobic-newspaper-column-20170811-gxuc99.html|title=Small Business Minister Michael McCormack issues new apology over homophobic newspaper column|work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date= 11 August 2017|access-date=22 February 2018|author=Hasham, Nicole}} Despite his apologies, the controversy resurfaced after he became Deputy Prime Minister (2018–2021).Examples:

• {{cite news|title=Q&A: Should Michael McCormack's previous comments about 'sordid' gay community be forgiven?|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-27/should-deputy-pms-previous-comments-about-gays-be-forgiven/9486684|access-date=27 February 2018|publisher=ABC News|date=27 February 2018}}
• {{cite news|last1=Wagner|first1=Kate|title=Our New Deputy PM Said Being Gay Is "Sordid" And "Unnatural"|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/news/is-deputy-prime-minister-michael-mccormack-australias-mike-pence-26007|access-date=26 February 2018|work=Cosmopolitan|date=25 February 2018}}
• {{cite news|last1=Wright|first1=Tony|title=Read this if you don't know a thing about Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/read-this-if-you-don-t-know-a-thing-about-australia-s-new-deputy-prime-minister-michael-mccormack-20180226-p4z1st.html|access-date=26 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 February 2018|quote=McCormack got the editor's job at 27, which made him 29 when he wrote a column "from the editor's desk" that has dragged around behind him like a decaying carcass ever since. It demanded to know how the gay community could demand rights when its "sordid behaviour" was causing "the greatest medical dilemma known to man – AIDS". McCormack has since apologized and recanted a number of times.}}
• {{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Curtis M.|title=Activists Blast Australia's New Deputy Prime Minister For Past Anti-LGBTQ Remarks|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-mccormack-lgbtq-issues_us_5a942137e4b03b55731e4cd3|access-date=26 February 2018|work=HuffPost Queer Voices|date=26 February 2018}}

In other editorials, he called for the return of caning in high schools, saying "there is nothing wrong, in my opinion, with students [...] being given a 'stinging reminder' about how to conduct themselves".{{cn|date=June 2024}} He also voiced support for the death penalty.

When asked for comment by The Guardian, he said that "editorial views expressed more than 25 years ago in no way reflect how my views and community views have changed since publication [...] as people get older and start families, and grow as members of their community it is completely reasonable their views change over time".

In August 2019, McCormack was Acting Prime Minister while the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, was at a Pacific Islands Forum. Morrison was being criticized by Pacific Islands leaders for Australia's contribution to global warming and rising sea levels, which threatened their low-lying territories. McCormack assured an Australian audience: "They’ll continue to survive because many of their workers come here and pick our fruit".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/16/pacific-islands-will-survive-climate-crisis-because-they-can-pick-our-fruit-australias-deputy-pm-says|title=Pacific islands will survive climate crisis because they 'pick our fruit', Australia's deputy PM says|last=Smee|first=Ben|date=16 August 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 August 2019}} With video

In January 2020, McCormack's deputy leader Bridget McKenzie resigned her ministerial post after she admitted to having breached the ministerial code of conduct{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/bridget-mckenzie-resigns-over-sports-grant-scandal-australian-politics/f5c1f458-8d67-414a-8115-89f68b62767a|title=Bridget McKenzie resigns from cabinet over sports grant saga|website=www.9news.com.au|date=2 February 2020 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-02/bridget-mckenzie-quits-over-ministerial-standards-breach/11896610|title=Bridget McKenzie quits frontbench over report she breached ministerial standards|work=ABC News|date=2 February 2020|access-date = 2 February 2020|location=Australia}} and widespread accusations of pork barrelling.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/16/bridget-mckenzie-wont-rule-out-using-grants-to-target-marginal-seats|title=Labor calls on Bridget McKenzie to resign over sport grants for marginal seats|last=Karp|first=Paul|date=16 January 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2020}}

It was subsequently revealed that regional infrastructure grants program administered by McCormack in the months leading up to the 2019 federal election awarded 94 per cent of its grants to electorates held or targeted by the Coalition.{{cite news|title='Another rort': Infrastructure program awarded 94% of grants to Coalition, marginal seats|work=The Age|author=Kearsley, Jonathan|date=2 February 2020}}

In September 2020, McCormack was forced to backtrack an opinion attributing Victoria's second COVID-19 outbreak to a Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne as a panellist on the Q+A program. When he was told there was lack of evidence regarding this by host Hamish Macdonald, McCormack stated that he'll "accept that but people shouldn't be protesting".{{Cite news|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/black-lives-matter-protest-victoria-coronavirus-michael-mccormack-qanda-claim/4ab327f6-3db6-4007-b0d5-db90019f7f3f|title='We had the outbreak because of a protest': Deputy PM forced to walk back COVID-19 claim on Q&A|date=8 September 2020|work=Nine News|access-date=12 January 2021}} The Department of Health and Human Services in Victoria had confirmed that no positive cases of COVID-19 came from the protest in June 2020, despite the fact that allowing the protest went against emergency health regulations in the state.{{citation|title=Coronavirus update for Victoria - 22 June 2020|url=https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-update-victoria-22-june-2020|publisher=Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)|access-date=12 January 2021}}

In January 2021, McCormack was criticised for comparing the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump to Black Lives Matter protesters saying, "Any form of protest, whether it’s a protest over racial riots or indeed what we’ve seen on Capitol Hill in recent days, is condemned and is abhorred.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/michael-mccormack-criticised-comparing-blm-protests-capitol-riot/13049322|title=Michael McCormack criticised for comparing Black Lives Matter protests to storming of US Capitol|date=12 January 2021|work=ABC News|access-date=12 January 2021}} McCormack's statement was criticised by Amnesty International and the Opposition. A spokesperson for McCormack later said, "Any form of violence should be condemned."{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/outrageous-failure-of-leadership-mccormack-doubles-down-on-claim-over-us-protests-20210112-p56tge.html|title=McCormack doubles down on claim over US protests|date=12 January 2021|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=12 January 2021}}

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