What did former Prime Minister Tony Abbott; the former leader of the Nationals, Peter Ryan, in Victoria, Christian Stefani, a council officer; Darren Chester and myself, Russell Broadbent, have in common, along with Vern and Cheryl Suckling, Brian and Alma Mattingly,...
Remembering Black Saturday – with the blood of the victims, the ash of the forest and the sweat of those facing the foe, when drowned in our tears, new life did spring forth. Until the new dawn, when the sun would rise over the southern hills of the Great...
Surf lifesaving clubs become the hub, the nurturing, of our coastal communities during the summer months. From Bass coast through to Prom coast, summers at the beach are made safer by the vital work of our local communities and our surf lifesaving clubs. This weekend...
McMillan was an affected area, and my wife and I were down the street in the newsagent at Pakenham in the immediate aftermath of this fire. She said to me as I walked in, ‘If this was John Howard instead of Kevin Rudd, he’d have rung by now; he’d...
https://www.russellbroadbent.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Prom-Coast-Aged-Care.mp4 Last week, together with CEO Rhett McLennan and resident Audrey Truscott, I had the pleasure of opening a new wing at Prom Country Aged Care in Foster. The staff and residents are...
I have a good story to tell. On the occasion of meeting a constituent at Foster and making the meeting place Prom Country Lodge, I had the pleasure of meeting the owners, Kim and Victor Bradshaw. In the outcome of the discussion that I had with them, they had a...
