(1950-12-25) 25 December 1950 (age 73) Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Independent (since 2023)
Other political affiliations
Liberal (until 2023)
Spouse
Bronwyn
Children
3
Residence
Pakenham, Victoria
Occupation
Company director
Russell Evan Broadbent (born 25 December 1950) is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Monash (previously McMillan). He is one of the longest-serving current members of parliament, having been in parliament from 1990 to 1993, from 1996 to 1998, and since 2004. In November 2023, he stood down from the Liberal Party and its parliamentary party room and joined the crossbench in response to losing his party endorsement ahead of a federal election due by September 2025.
In February 2022, he made headlines after promoting ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in Parliament, claiming that he and his wife had taken it after testing positive to the virus.[1] He is one of a handful of Australian MPs known to have refused COVID-19 vaccination and is against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.[2]
^"Unvaccinated Liberal MP promotes taking banned COVID-19 treatment ivermectin". ABC News. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^Curtis, Katina (1 October 2021). "Unvaccinated veteran Liberal MP risks being locked out of office". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
Russell Evan Broadbent (born 25 December 1950) is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of...
November 2023, following a party preselection defeat, Liberal Party MP RussellBroadbent left the party to sit on the crossbench. On 4 December 2023, Labor...
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Broadbent is an Old English toponymic surname deriving from the location 'Broadbent' near Oldham, Lancashire, describing "broad, bent rushes or reeds"...
marginal Labor to a marginal Liberal seat, Zahra was defeated by RussellBroadbent. Zahra was born in Malta and migrated to Australia with his family...
won by Liberal National candidate Cameron Caldwell on 15 July 2023. RussellBroadbent, MP for Monash, resigned from the Liberal Party on 14 November 2023...
Bridget Archer and Andrew Bragg as well as conservative backbencher RussellBroadbent indicated their support for a Voice. Furthermore, Julian Leeser resigned...
of Ramsden, Yorkshire, the film will star Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent and Simon Russell Beale as the members of the local Choral Society which recruits...
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Division Location of Monash (dark green) in Victoria Created 2019 MP RussellBroadbent Party Independent Namesake Sir John Monash Electors 111,241 (2022)...
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credit for the policy change. On 11 August 2006, Georgiou joined RussellBroadbent and Judi Moylan in crossing the floor to vote against the Migration...
Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Nationals party room RussellBroadbent Kate Chaney Zoe Daniel Andrew Gee Helen Haines Dai Le Monique Ryan...
(Vic), formerly held by Christian Zahra of Labor and won by Liberal RussellBroadbent; and Bowman (Qld), formerly held by Labor's Con Sciacca and won by...
Education Services. Baird along with fellow Liberal MPs Petro Georgiou, RussellBroadbent and Judi Moylan opposed mandatory detention of asylum seekers. In...
Warwick Smith 4.3 4.5 0.0 Silvia Smith Labor Corinella, Vic Liberal RussellBroadbent 0.7 4.4 3.7 Alan Griffin Labor Cowan, WA Labor Carolyn Jakobsen...
continuous tenure of any then current MHR—although Warren Snowdon and RussellBroadbent were first elected earlier. Since 1984, federal electoral division...
Division. This allowed Liberal RussellBroadbent to win the seat once again; he had previously held it from 1996 to 1998. Broadbent was re-elected in the 2007...
Littleton Hackford from 1994 to 1996, as an Electorate Officer for RussellBroadbent from 1996 to 1997, as a lawyer for Henty Jepson & Kelly from 1997...
Monash 2019 Victoria 8,879 John Monash General, military commander RussellBroadbent Independent Rural Moncrieff 1984 Queensland 100 Gladys Moncrieff Singer...
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