Mr Peter Russo MP
Australian Labor Party
Electorate: Toohey
58th·Opposition·Backbench
57th·Government·Backbench
56th·Government·Backbench
55th·Government·Backbench
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Expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time and Taking a Strong Stance on Drugs and Anti-Social Behaviour Amendment Bill 2026Passed (amended)Opposes
Opposed the bill, arguing it dismantles a working drug diversion system and ignores evidence. Criticised the government for cancelling the $330,000 University of Queensland evaluation before it could be completed despite early positive findings.
“If you scrap a program before it is evaluated, cancel the independent review and ignore early positive findings, you are not making evidence-based policy; you are making political decisions and hoping no-one notices.”— 2026-04-21View Hansard
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ASSENT TO A BILL
Confirmed opposition support for the bills to authorise already-incurred expenditure while calling for scrutiny of service delivery outcomes in youth justice, health, housing and transport.
“The opposition supports their passage to ensure that expenditure already incurred is properly authorised; however, that support does not remove the responsibility of this parliament to scrutinise how and why this additional expenditure has occurred.”— 2026-03-26View Hansard
No bills introduced by this member in the current register.