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It is my great privilege to represent the people of Monash in the Parliament of Australia. Our local area is a great place to live, work and raise a family and I work to ensure it continues to be an even better place for us all.

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Raelene Fighting for Answers
18 April, 2024
Nearly three years on, grieving mum, Raelene, is still fighting for answers as to why her daughter died suddenly and unexpectedly after ...
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The Hidden Human Cost of the Pandemic
12 April, 2024
Russell Broadbent here, your Independent Member for Monash. I know for many people, the so-called pandemic years are a distant memory. Hundreds ...
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Digital ID - neither safe or effective
10 April, 2024
Hello, I’m Russell Broadbent, your Independent Member for Monash. Today I want to flag an urgent and important issue – one that ...
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Nearly three years on, grieving mum, Raelene, is still fighting for answers as to why her daughter died suddenly and unexpectedly after the Covid vaccine.

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This is a disgrace that this poor woman cannot get justice for her beautiful daughter.

Thanks to both of you for continuing to push for truth.

Today is Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YMHD).

Over 38,000 young people aged 15-24 years presented to a homelessness service in 2022-2023 and only half were able to get the crisis bed and support they needed, whilst the other half were turned away.

Frontline youth homelessness service providers are currently only receiving enough funding to support half the children and young people that come to them needing a safe space.

Many of these children and young people have experienced violence in the home, mental health concerns or multiple disadvantages and it is heartbreaking that services are having to turn so many of them away in a time of great need.

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Today is Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YMHD). Over 38,000 young people aged 15-24 years presented to a homelessness service in 2022-2023 and only half were able to get the crisis bed and support they needed, whilst the other half were turned away. Frontline youth homelessness service providers are currently only receiving enough funding to support half the children and young people that come to them needing a safe space. Many of these children and young people have experienced violence in the home, mental health concerns or multiple disadvantages and it is heartbreaking that services are having to turn so many of them away in a time of great need. For more information or to donate to YMHD, please visit this link: https://www.yfoundations.org.au/donate
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Plenty of fruit needs picking.

Due to the upcoming closure of the 3G network later this year, Telstra have launched a ‘3G SMS Checker Tool’ so that customers can check if they need to upgrade their device before the closure on June 30 this year.

Just send an SMS with the number 3 to 3498 (3G XT) to receive almost instant advice on your device.

Telstra have been contacting customers directly regarding the upcoming closure, but this tool is another way for customers to quickly check if and when they need to take action.

There are still 113,000 Telstra customers whose mobile phones need to be upgraded before the 3G network closes.

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Due to the upcoming closure of the 3G network later this year, Telstra have launched a ‘3G SMS Checker Tool’ so that customers can check if they need to upgrade their device before the closure on June 30 this year. Just send an SMS with the number 3 to 3498 (3G XT) to receive almost instant advice on your device. Telstra have been contacting customers directly regarding the upcoming closure, but this tool is another way for customers to quickly check if and when they need to take action. There are still 113,000 Telstra customers whose mobile phones need to be upgraded before the 3G network closes. For more information on this, please visit: https://tel.st/3GXT
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They disconnected mine a while ago so only have 4g on phone. Also shut down ADSL so I no longer have internet on computer.

Have a watch of this ABC documentary ‘wi fried’ and see what 5G does to us - fun fact - here in Australia we allow much much higher levels of radiation than the EU - look in every street corner and you’ll see the towers - we are killing our selves youtu.be/xUkSitiWEXo

Hope we are never cornered into just accepting 5G.

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Nearly three years on, grieving mum, Raelene, is still fighting for answers as to why her daughter died suddenly and unexpectedly after the Covid vaccine. The Prime Minister promised a Royal Commission into Australia’s Covid response. What changed his mind?
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Raelene Fighting for Answers

Russell Broadbent MP 535 views 18 April, 2024 4:53 pm

Russell Broadbent here, your Independent Member for Monash. I know for many people, the so-called pandemic years are a distant memory. Hundreds of days in lockdown, mask mandates, limits on how far you could travel from your home, limits on how many times a day you could leave your home, limits on how much toilet paper you could buy and vax mandates so you could go to work and feed your family. Saying that out loud sounds a bit crazy, doesn’t it? It’s understandable that many Australians want to forget this time of their lives. But it’s imperative that we don’t. Every day I hear from people who are still suffering the impacts of these decisions – especially desperately needed frontline workers in Victoria who are still mandated to have three experimental covid injections! The human cost of Australia’s pandemic response – the breakdown of families, loss of employment, vaccine injuries, unprecedented restriction on our human rights – cannot be swept under the rug as time passes. The Australian Human Rights Commission has received over 2,500 complaints regarding Covid-19 – and they are still counting. Public submissions have been released from those individuals and organisations who wished to have their say in the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry. In her public submission, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says: ‘there have…been significant social and community impacts resulting from Australians being required to endure some of the most significant restrictions on our human rights ever imposed during peacetime.’ Funnily enough, human rights are not expressly mentioned in the Terms of Reference of the Government’s Inquiry. As Ms Finlay says, how can the Government fully understand the human cost of the pandemic if they do not consider the blatant disregard and neglect of Australia’s human rights? She also said: ‘Similarly, express exclusions of actions taken…by state and territory governments from the Inquiry means that key aspects of Australia’s pandemic response which were primarily the responsibility of the state government – such as lockdowns and state border closures – will not be examined’. Some Victorians spent over 200 days – let me repeat that, 200 days – in lockdown. Melbournians endured the longest lockdown in the world! How can the government possibly get a comprehensive review of our pandemic response without reference to the lived experience of millions of Australians from state restrictions? As Ms Finlay says: ‘public response measures – including international and interstate border closures, hotel quarantine, extended periods of lockdowns, school closures, curfews and other restrictions on movement and association, vaccine mandates, mask mandates and playground closures’ – had a significant (and often hidden) human cost’. I agree with the Human Rights Commissioner, but let’s take it one step further – the human cost of pandemic restrictions was intentionally censored by government and the media in the name of ‘protecting’ the public form so-called ‘misinformation’. It’s alarming that those measures that infringed our human rights the most – namely public response measures imposed by state and territory governments – are expressly excluded by this Inquiry. And it’s alarming that human rights aren’t even mentioned in the Terms of Reference – as though they simply do not matter. The only way these two factors will be considered is if we have a Royal Commission – surely Australians deserve that much. The human cost and suffering caused by our pandemic response continues to this day. And governments across the nation should be held accountable. That’s justice as I see it.
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The Hidden Human Cost of the Pandemic

Russell Broadbent MP 2K views 12 April, 2024 11:54 am

Hello, I’m Russell Broadbent, your Independent Member for Monash. Today I want to flag an urgent and important issue – one that disturbs me and should disturb you to. Just before Easter, the Senate rammed through the Digital Identity Bill - no debate, no consultation and no respect for the Australian people or the parliament. Australia is fast heading toward a ‘Digital Prison’ where everything will be known about you. This will lead to a dangerous and unprecedented level of control over your life. I don’t say this lightly, but this Bill threatens to rob each and every one of us of our autonomy, freedoms and way of life as we know it. The Digital ID Bill has been presented under the guise of ‘keeping people safe’. Where have I heard that before? We’re assured the Digital ID will be completely voluntary. But I doubt that - or do they mean ‘voluntary’ in the same way that the Covid injection was supposedly voluntary? Sure, Digital Id will be voluntary - until you can’t lodge your tax return, access government services, or pay for your driver’s licence without one! In my own case, I was forced to get a Digital Identity because I’m a director in my own Self-Managed Super Fund. In 2022, the government regulated that everybody who has a Self-Managed Super Fund has to have a Digital ID. Can you see where this is headed? I can. It’s a slippery slope. A very slippery slope. If the past four years have taught me anything, it’s that our government – and governments across the world – are increasingly using tyrannical tactics to achieve their goals of increased control over every aspect of our lives. I don’t remember the government engaging with its citizens to outline the merits and risks – especially the risks – of such an initiative. Do you? In the first half of 2023, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, there were 409 significant data breaches involving health, financial, legal and insurance sectors - including government departments! Over 70% of these breaches were due to hackers. So when did the government become so talented at creating a secure online platform that will protect our privacy? How can we trust them to keep our personal information safe and not to use the technology against us? All my personal information - including my covid vaccination status - all in one spot. What could possibly go wrong? Like most Australians I’ve had a gut full of being told what I can and can’t do, can and can’t say, and can and can’t think. So, I ask again - how can we trust the government to keep our personal information safe? Personal identity information is not something that Australians should be coerced to give up, just to be able to live their day to day lives in a Digital ID system, especially when there is no guarantee of security. I urge you to contact your local member and share your views on the Digital ID Bill - while you still can! And that’s justice as I see it.
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Digital ID - neither safe or effective

Russell Broadbent MP 9.2K views 10 April, 2024 2:39 pm

My full conversation with Dr Andrew Madry and Ms Clare Pain.
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Excess Deaths Explained

Russell Broadbent MP 3.3K views 9 April, 2024 9:48 am

Listen to Dr Andrew Madry’s observations about the trends of excess deaths in Queensland: "…there's a very obvious inflection in this curve, from the time vaccination commenced to the first deaths from Omicron you can see the trend starts going up."
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The data doesn't lie

Russell Broadbent MP 311 views 8 April, 2024 3:46 pm

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