10 Facts About Andrew Broad

Andrew Broad was Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister from September 2018 until December 2018.

Andrew Broad did not run in the seat of Mallee at the federal election in May 2019.

In 2006, Andrew Broad completed a Nuffield Scholarship, travelling to over 40 countries to advance his knowledge of best practice canola production, exploring biotechnology, agronomic advances and new grower techniques.

Andrew Broad is a former Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy, and former co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of UNICEF, and member of the Parliamentarians Against Family Violence group.

Andrew Broad is a former member of the Coalition Backbench Committee on Agriculture and the Coalition Backbench Committee on Trade and Investment.

In December 2018, New Idea reported that Andrew Broad had used a "seeking arrangements" website to meet a younger woman.

Andrew Broad resigned from the ministry on 17 December 2018 as a result of the scandal.

Andrew Broad reimbursed the costs of two flights between Mildura and Melbourne, charged to his Parliamentary account, for when he flew to Hong Kong, and did not recontest the seat of Mallee at the 2019 election.

In March 2019, Andrew Broad gave his final speech in the parliament outlining his achievements, and stating his desire to spend more time with his wife and daughter.

Andrew Broad said he had made a "dumb mistake" in using the website and that politics had "made him not as nice a person".