Overview

• Police allege McCormack used a carriage service to transmit child abuse material over several months in 2024 from his home in Oxley, Brisbane’s south, resulting in 65 counts.
• He faces four additional charges for breaching Queensland’s reportable offender laws, including three counts of failing to notify child protection authorities about his digital services and one count of providing false or misleading information.
• McCormack did not appear during a brief mention in Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 4 and was remanded in custody without bail after his duty lawyer made no application.
• His case is scheduled for a further mention on September 5, 2025, as pre-trial proceedings continue.
• McCormack’s arrest comes eight years after his suspension and resignation from Nine Network’s A Current Affair, underscoring the state’s stringent enforcement of child protection obligations for former media professionals.