misled him over the construction of a facility at Bunyip within his electorate. Political views Broadbent has been identified as a member of the Liberal Party's moderate (or "small-l liberal") wing. Asylum seekers During the Howard Government, he came to national prominence after siding with Liberal dissident Petro Georgiou in advocating better treatment of detainees. He supports not charging long-term detainees for their detention. In 2017 he was described by The Sydney Morning Herald as "an outspoken critic of harsh asylum seeker policies", after delivering a speech in which he called the Manus Regional Processing Centre "unacceptable" and publicly opposed the Turnbull Government's policy of re-settling asylum seekers in the United States. Climate change Broadbent has said that global warming is "an issue for Australia and an issue for the world." He is also an advocate for bike paths as a benefit to community health, transport and the environment. He has expressed interest in improving funding for Landcare Australia. In the lead-up to the 2014 federal budget, Broadbent called for the aged pension to be means-tested, stating "I don't think people would agree that someone sitting in a $2.5 million mansion should be receiving the pension". Indigenous Australians In January 2021 he stated that the Morrison Government should support the Uluru Statement from the Heart and move towards constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Same-sex marriage In December 2017, Broadbent was one of only four members of the House of Representatives to vote against the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017, which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia. COVID-19 Broadbent took a personal decision not to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with any of the available vaccines, in 2021, and stated that he neither encouraged nor discouraged constituents to get vaccinated. His decision not to get vaccinated can potentially render him unable to carry out his duties as an MP, due to a state mandate that all authorised workers in the state, including federal politicians, must be vaccinated. Broadbent caught COVID in January 2022 and self-administered Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug primarily produced to cure heartworm in animals that is banned for human consumption in Australia, but whose use to cure COVID was widely promoted by anti-vaccination and conspiracy theorist groups at the time. Taxation In 2022 Broadbent opposed plans by Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to continue with a series of tax cuts on high-income earners due to kick in in