Russell's Speeches
PAID MATERNITY LEAVE
26 February 2010
(McMillan) (9:49 AM) —This week I was with the children of St James School at Nar Nar Goon, in my electorate of McMillan. They reminded me of why I am here. Children are our today, our tomorrow and our future hopes and dreams in human form. Their future and the future of our country are ... more >>>
BUNYIP'S NEW FACILITY
23 February 2010
McMillan) (4:31 PM) —The member for Corio should look closely at how much he is being ripped off by the Victorian state government with the whole stimulus package with regard to education. However, I would like to congratulate David Elder on his appointment to that most senior position. Such an ... more >>>
RECYCLING WATER - A VISION
23 February 2010
(McMillan) (8:50 PM) —Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, long before your time, in 1990 the member for Brisbane, who has just spoken, came into this House with me. During my maiden speech I mentioned that I was a product of sewage. It was suggested to me by the member at the time that I would fit into ... more >>>
INDIGENOUS WELFARE
17 February 2010
(McMillan) (12:41 PM) —I have just come from the House of Representatives, where the Prime Minister has made an announcement on Indigenous welfare across Australia. If he can deliver what he has outlined, he will have my 100 per cent support and the support of my party. He outlined some good ... more >>>
SCHOOLS-COMPUTERS
11 February 2010
(McMillan) (9:53 AM) —I would like to identify with the words just spoken by the previous speaker and congratulate him on that address and the story. Gough Whitlam’s ‘It’s time’ speech on 13 November 1972 in part said this:
We will make pre-school education available to every ... more >>>
LABERTOUCHE ANNIVERSARY
10 February 2010
04-02-2010 (9:49 AM) —It was 222 years ago that the first church service was held at Sydney Cove. Reverend Richard Johnson was the preacher at that service. I am going to another service on Sunday. That service is at Labertouche. There we will be remembering what happened in the terrible fires ... more >>>
BLACK SATURDAY REMEMBERED
08 February 2010
Russell joined with other Members, including the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, in speaking to the anniversary of the tragic bushfires which swept through parts of Victoria a year ago.
...On Jon Faine’s ABC morning program on the bushfire recovery, months after ... more >>>
PATH OF ACHIEVEMENT
25 November 2009
Mr Broadbent (McMillan) (6:44 PM) 24 - 11-09—Next Thursday will be a great day for Drouin because the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Mr Peter Garrett, will be coming to Drouin to open the Path of Achievement. This celebrates excellence in sport, recreation, sports administration ... more >>>
NATIONAL BIKE PATH/PERCY OSBORNE
20 November 2009
Mr BROADBENT (McMillan) (7.26 pm) 16-11-2009 It is rare to hear the member for Braddon waxing lyrical about his favourite place, Tasmania, and all of the parts of Tasmania that now have bike paths. You are looking at the former chairman of the Pakenham Shire Council bike path committee. Around 26 ... more >>>
BILL McMASTER
04 November 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan) (12:50 PM) 29-10-2009
A funeral mass was held for William Joseph McMaster at the Holy Family Church at Maryknoll on 16 October 2009, under celebrant Father Tim O’Toole. Father O’Toole was gracious enough to allow me to speak at the funeral, but I ... more >>>
INCOME SUPPORT FOR YOUTH
27 October 2009
MR BROADBENT (McMillan) (6:56 PM)26-10-2009
What excellent contributions from the member for Grey and, previously, the member for Gippsland. I am pleased that you are in the chair, Deputy Speaker Schultz, because nobody in this House would understand the issues better than you, being the ... more >>>
MOE MEDICARE OFFICE
21 October 2009
Russell Broadbent(McMillan, Liberal Party) 21-10-2009
One thing we remember in this place is that, whether you are a frontbencher, a minister, a Prime Minister or a Deputy Speaker of the House, we are all backbenchers reliant on our constituents’ support. Those that hold ... more >>>
FARM SAFETY
14 September 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party)14-09-2009
I have come not to talk about Poowong Dairy Expo, to be held on 23 to 24 September this year. But last year at that same expo—they are celebrating their 10th year—Professor David de Kretser, who you would know better as our ... more >>>
PETITIONS COMMITTEE
14 September 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party)14-09-2009
Members will be aware that the Standing Committee on Petitions is new to this parliament. Tonight I want to add to what the chair, the member for Fowler, has said and to her kind words. I want to talk about our position and role ... more >>>
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
10 September 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party) 10-09-2009
Oh, what a happy day it was today when I woke up to the sun streaming down on Canberra after some rain knowing that there were thousands of refugee families and former detainees that today were free of debt. This is a happy day for ... more >>>
MOSSVALE PARK
10 September 2009
RUSSELL BROADBENT (McMillan)10-09-2009 (12:40 PM) —The first thing I would like to say to the member for Braddon is that he should be congratulated for the input and inspiration of his local community, which the federal government supported, just as the previous federal government supported ... more >>>
INTERNATIONAL POWER - Hazelwood Power Station
07 September 2009
Russell Broadbent" (McMillan, Liberal Party)07-09-2009
Madam Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to table a letter from Graeme York, Chief Executive Officer of International Power, the owners and operators of Hazelwood power station in Gippsland.
Leave granted.
There is ... more >>>
Abolishing Detention Debt
14 July 2009
Russell supported this Bill and was pleased it lifted a huge burden from the shoulders of those directly affected.
As Russell noted, some people faced bills amounting to many ... more >>>
Migration - Detention Bill Abolition
27 June 2009
Russell recently supported legislation in the Parliament to abolish the debt owed by refugees who had been in detention after entering the country illegally.
The ... more >>>
MIGRATION Amendment(Abolishing Detention Debt)Bill
26 June 2009
Mr BROADBENT(McMillan) (12:26 PM) —Before I begin my remarks on the Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009 I would like to send my best wishes to Dr Mal Washer, who is in a Canberra hospital today after emergency surgery on his appendix. So we send him all the best. I know he ... more >>>
LANDCARE
22 June 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan) (4:30 PM) —Thank you for the call, Mr Speaker. I appreciate it. I rise to raise an issue that is important in my electorate, from Hill End to Hedley and Yarragon, Trafalgar, Thorpdale, Korumburra, Leongatha and Meeniyan and across the whole of South Gippsland. That is ... more >>>
YOUTH ALLOWANCE CHANGES, EDUCATION SPENDING, lANDC
04 June 2009
Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party)
One such measure that is causing a great deal of concern among my constituents is the proposal to change the youth allowance and how students qualify for this support. My greatest concern in this area is the situation that 2008 school leavers find ... more >>>
BUSHFIRES CONDOLENCE SPEECH
10 February 2009
Mr Broadbent (McMillan) (3:03 PM) —On indulgence, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER —The member has every right to speak to this motion. The member for McMillan has our support.
Mr BROADBENT —I want to identify, of course, with the remarks of the Prime Minister and thank him ... more >>>
DESALINATION THANK YOU TO PM
02 December 2008
WONTHAGGI REGION DESALINATION PLANT
Mr BROADBENT (McMillan) (3.29
pm)—Mr speaker, on indulgence: after meeting
with the Prime Minister with regard to
the desalination plant at Wonthaggi, I rise to
thank the Prime Minister for his personal
intervention to ... more >>>
Petro Georgiou MP - Federal Member for Kooyong
01 December 2008
Mr Broadbent — Who among us would choose to listen to a voice of reason and conscience in an ocean of expediency, perceived self-preservation and political thuggery? One hundred years after an immigrant from the other side of the world became Prime Minister and formed the first majority government ... more >>>
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
30 March 2006
Mr Broadbent - (McMillan) (11.30 a.m.)—I had the pleasure recently to be at Wonthaggi for Nell Dolphin’s 100th birthday. Why is Nell Dolphin so important? A 100th birthday is a treasured time for a family. I was there not only as the federal member but, more importantly, as a friend of the family. ... more >>>
