Michael McCormack wrote : "David Kibbey was an ideas man who wanted young people to realise their potential to build a better culture and a better country. The ADF Gap Year program, which began in 2007, is loosely based around Kibbey's 1994 national service concept. David was a traditionalist but someone also ahead of his time. "

dailyadvertiser Friday, January 7, 2022 2:12:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Old Parliament House is on fire with protesters screaming "

saudigazette Thursday, December 30, 2021 7:33:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Old Parliament House is on fire with protesters screaming "Let it burn! Let it burn!"

bbc Thursday, December 30, 2021 7:30:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We’re in full agreement with the government and the government’s position is the government’s position we took to Glasgow”

guardian Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:02:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “It’s just a great story,” “I knew I had this guy who jumped off the screen. Was it emotional to make? Funnily enough it wasn’t that emotional. Ferg was one of the funniest guys you’d ever meet. I spent most of my time cracking up around him. You never really looked at the muscular dystrophy. Because he didn’t. It was only in the last couple of years that he started to talk about the disease because it was getting in the way of his life”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “There were always musicians around that area of Dublin,” “They were young and they were very cool. And so you’d get people hanging out, just to catch glimpses of them. It was squatting time. Everyone you knew spent some period of time squatting, in Ranelagh or Rathmines or the centre of the city. Places like An Béal Bocht [on Charlemont Street ] existed, that were superb venues and open to young bands coming through. It just seemed like you could be in a band then and you aren’t making a lot of money. But at least you could survive”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “Glen Hansard, Steve Wall, Mundy – all the people he worked with got some of energy from him. He definitely did have something,” “When he decided that he wanted to make music his focus, when he was constantly having to change the way he made music [because of his disability], the only way he was able to do it was to become the spider and get people into the web and have them hang on for dear life”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “To think the leadership thought it reasonable to take resources out of cabinet was completely insane,”

foreignaffairs-nz Monday, October 25, 2021 2:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “I don’t think that the party was actually dissatisfied with my performance,” “Some others wanted their job back and that drove them for three years. And I appreciate that this is democracy and it’s all about numbers, politics is the brutal arithmetic of numbers”

smh Tuesday, June 22, 2021 6:17:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "People aren't dissatisfied with what I'm doing as Deputy Prime Minister, they want my job,"

abc-au Monday, June 21, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told ( about Barnaby Joyce ) : “I wish Barnaby Joyce all the best as leader of the National Party,”

theepochtimes Monday, June 21, 2021 10:47:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "I've been to a lot of country sporting stadiums around the nation and I have not seen a better one,"

sunraysiadaily Friday, June 18, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We will decide what’s best for Australia in Australia’s national interest,”

guardian Monday, June 14, 2021 6:58:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack described : "vandalism as the most senseless of all crimes"

dailyadvertiser Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:00:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “They had a swagger about them,” “They didn’t care whether you liked them or not. This was the noise they were going to make. I was about 14. I started going to see them all the time”

irishexaminer Wednesday, May 19, 2021 10:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “Things never went right for them,”

irishexaminer Wednesday, May 19, 2021 10:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "We said all along we will review the pause in travel arrangements and that's what we're doing, so be patient,"

trust2 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:08:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “Obviously, there needs to be a hardline taken as far as the overall act being in place, but nobody’s going to be jailed ... at this time,”

msn-uk Wednesday, May 5, 2021 4:28:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “Obviously, there needs to be a hardline taken as far as the overall act being in place, but nobody’s going to be jailed ... at this time,”

news-yahoo-in Wednesday, May 5, 2021 4:00:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Obviously there needs to be a hard line taken as far as the overall [Biosecurity] Act being in place, but nobody's going to be jailed at this time, the Prime Minister's made that quite clear,"

abc-au Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Australia's response to COVID-19 has been world-leading, both on the health and economic fronts and now it's time for Australians to enjoy a well-earned holiday,"

dailyadvertiser Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:51:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Australia's response to COVID-19 has been world-leading, both on the health and economic fronts and now it's time for Australians to enjoy a well-earned holiday,"

maitlandmercury Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "every home, workplace and public space in Australia should be safe for all those who are lucky enough to call Australia home"

bordermail Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:13:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "every home, workplace and public space in Australia should be safe for all those who are lucky enough to call Australia home"

dailyadvertiser Friday, March 19, 2021 5:37:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said ( about Joseph Biden ) : “If Joe has come in a way that has not met our strict biosecurity measures, then bad luck Joe, either fly home or face the consequences,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We are also making sure that the planes are going to be ready. You cannot just roll a plane out of a hangar and stick it back on an international route. We are working with Singapore at the moment potentially for a bubble in July, and these are positive signs. And as the vaccine rolls out in not only Australia but in other countries as well, we will reopen more bubbles,”

voanews Monday, March 15, 2021 3:40:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "We're getting on with the vaccine, we're getting on with the roll-out,"

timesofindia Friday, March 12, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “We’re getting on with the vaccine, we’re getting on with the roll-out,”

alarabiya-en Friday, March 12, 2021 9:37:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack wrote : "David Kibbey was an ideas man who wanted young people to realise their potential to build a better culture and a better country. The ADF Gap Year program, which began in 2007, is loosely based around Kibbey's 1994 national service concept. David was a traditionalist but someone also ahead of his time. "

dailyadvertiser Friday, January 7, 2022 2:12:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Old Parliament House is on fire with protesters screaming "

saudigazette Thursday, December 30, 2021 7:33:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Old Parliament House is on fire with protesters screaming "Let it burn! Let it burn!"

bbc Thursday, December 30, 2021 7:30:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We’re in full agreement with the government and the government’s position is the government’s position we took to Glasgow”

guardian Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:02:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “It’s just a great story,” “I knew I had this guy who jumped off the screen. Was it emotional to make? Funnily enough it wasn’t that emotional. Ferg was one of the funniest guys you’d ever meet. I spent most of my time cracking up around him. You never really looked at the muscular dystrophy. Because he didn’t. It was only in the last couple of years that he started to talk about the disease because it was getting in the way of his life”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “There were always musicians around that area of Dublin,” “They were young and they were very cool. And so you’d get people hanging out, just to catch glimpses of them. It was squatting time. Everyone you knew spent some period of time squatting, in Ranelagh or Rathmines or the centre of the city. Places like An Béal Bocht [on Charlemont Street ] existed, that were superb venues and open to young bands coming through. It just seemed like you could be in a band then and you aren’t making a lot of money. But at least you could survive”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “Glen Hansard, Steve Wall, Mundy – all the people he worked with got some of energy from him. He definitely did have something,” “When he decided that he wanted to make music his focus, when he was constantly having to change the way he made music [because of his disability], the only way he was able to do it was to become the spider and get people into the web and have them hang on for dear life”

irishexaminer Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:06:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “To think the leadership thought it reasonable to take resources out of cabinet was completely insane,”

foreignaffairs-nz Monday, October 25, 2021 2:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “I don’t think that the party was actually dissatisfied with my performance,” “Some others wanted their job back and that drove them for three years. And I appreciate that this is democracy and it’s all about numbers, politics is the brutal arithmetic of numbers”

smh Tuesday, June 22, 2021 6:17:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "People aren't dissatisfied with what I'm doing as Deputy Prime Minister, they want my job,"

abc-au Monday, June 21, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told ( about Barnaby Joyce ) : “I wish Barnaby Joyce all the best as leader of the National Party,”

theepochtimes Monday, June 21, 2021 10:47:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "I've been to a lot of country sporting stadiums around the nation and I have not seen a better one,"

sunraysiadaily Friday, June 18, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We will decide what’s best for Australia in Australia’s national interest,”

guardian Monday, June 14, 2021 6:58:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack described : "vandalism as the most senseless of all crimes"

dailyadvertiser Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:00:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “They had a swagger about them,” “They didn’t care whether you liked them or not. This was the noise they were going to make. I was about 14. I started going to see them all the time”

irishexaminer Wednesday, May 19, 2021 10:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack says : “Things never went right for them,”

irishexaminer Wednesday, May 19, 2021 10:36:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "We said all along we will review the pause in travel arrangements and that's what we're doing, so be patient,"

trust2 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:08:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “Obviously, there needs to be a hardline taken as far as the overall act being in place, but nobody’s going to be jailed ... at this time,”

msn-uk Wednesday, May 5, 2021 4:28:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “Obviously, there needs to be a hardline taken as far as the overall act being in place, but nobody’s going to be jailed ... at this time,”

news-yahoo-in Wednesday, May 5, 2021 4:00:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Obviously there needs to be a hard line taken as far as the overall [Biosecurity] Act being in place, but nobody's going to be jailed at this time, the Prime Minister's made that quite clear,"

abc-au Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Australia's response to COVID-19 has been world-leading, both on the health and economic fronts and now it's time for Australians to enjoy a well-earned holiday,"

dailyadvertiser Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:51:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "Australia's response to COVID-19 has been world-leading, both on the health and economic fronts and now it's time for Australians to enjoy a well-earned holiday,"

maitlandmercury Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "every home, workplace and public space in Australia should be safe for all those who are lucky enough to call Australia home"

bordermail Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:13:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said : "every home, workplace and public space in Australia should be safe for all those who are lucky enough to call Australia home"

dailyadvertiser Friday, March 19, 2021 5:37:00 AM EAT

Michael McCormack said ( about Joseph Biden ) : “If Joe has come in a way that has not met our strict biosecurity measures, then bad luck Joe, either fly home or face the consequences,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack said : “We are also making sure that the planes are going to be ready. You cannot just roll a plane out of a hangar and stick it back on an international route. We are working with Singapore at the moment potentially for a bubble in July, and these are positive signs. And as the vaccine rolls out in not only Australia but in other countries as well, we will reopen more bubbles,”

voanews Monday, March 15, 2021 3:40:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : "We're getting on with the vaccine, we're getting on with the roll-out,"

timesofindia Friday, March 12, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Michael McCormack told : “We’re getting on with the vaccine, we’re getting on with the roll-out,”

alarabiya-en Friday, March 12, 2021 9:37:00 AM EAT