Richard Colbeck

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Of which $98,983 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $552.

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Apr-Jun 2026, ranked by amount. Tap a category to see its sub-categories.

1. ›Office Facilities

   $49,961

   • Other$49,961
2. ›Scheduled Commercial Transport

   $39,421

   • Fares$39,421
3. ›Employee Travel

   $23,610

   • Domestic Travel$23,610
4. ›Office Administration

   $13,041

   • Printing and Communications$8,225
   • Office Consumables and Services$4,180
   • Publications$637
5. ›Travel Allowance

   $12,794

   • Travel Allowance$12,794
6. ›Other Car Costs

   $7,813

   • Private-Plated Vehicle$6,169
   • COMCAR$1,644
7. ›Telecommunications

   $882

   • Telecommunications - Usage$621
   • Telecommunications - Residential - Official$262
8. ›Unscheduled Commercial Transport

   $729

   • Parliamentary Duties$729

Largest individual claims this quarter

1. Aggregated Total

   Office Facilities
   $49,961.28
2. Aggregated Total

   Employee Travel
   $23,609.58
3. Darwin to Melbourne 1 May 26

   Scheduled Commercial Transport · Darwin → Melbourne
   $2,168.51
4. Lease rental 20/03/2026 to 19/04/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
5. Lease rental 20/04/2026 to 19/05/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
6. Lease rental 20/05/2026 to 19/06/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
7. Parliamentary Duties

   Travel Allowance · 2026-05-10
   $1,610.00
8. Parliamentary Duties

   Travel Allowance · 2026-05-24
   $1,610.00
9. Printing and Communications 20 Apr 26

   Office Administration
   $1,524.00
10. Canberra to Melbourne 13 Feb 26

    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Melbourne
    $1,444.60

Overseas travel, with stated reason

The MP's largest international trips over all quarters, with the reason IPEA records.

1. To represent the Australian Government at the Tokyo Olympic Games

   Japan · 18 July 2021 → 29 July 2021 · 12 days
   $40,300

   $3,358/day
2. To attend the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Cricket World Cup and to undertake stakeholder meetings

   UK and France · 21 June 2019 → 27 June 2019 · 7 days
   $20,011

   $2,859/day
3. Senate Standing Committee visit to Asia

   Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam · 8 Apr 2023 → 22 Apr 2023 · 15 days
   $10,157

   $677/day
4. 5th Pacific Islands Parliament Group Conference, Fiji

   Fiji · 24 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025 · 6 days
   $7,971

   $1,328/day
5. To participate in events to support the Australian Government's 'Festival of Australia'

   China · 1 June 2019 → 3 June 2019 · 3 days
   $6,682

   $2,227/day
6. To attend the Pacific Sports Ministers' Meeting and the opening ceremony of the 2019 Pacific Games

   Samoa · 5 July 2019 → 8 July 2019 · 4 days
   $4,060

   $1,015/day
7. To Chair the 12th meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation conduct bilateral meetings and undertake site visits

   New Zealand · 14 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 · 3 days
   $3,112

   $1,037/day
8. To lead the International Education and Tourism streams at Australia Week and conduct a series of bilateral meetings and site visits.

   China · 9 Apr 2016 → 16 Apr 2016 · 8 days
   $589

   $74/day
9. To lead a delegation to the Australia Unlimited - Middle East and North Africa 2016 promotion and to conduct counterpart meetings

   UAE Qatar Kuwait and Saudi Arabia · 23 Jan 2016 → 30 Jan 2016 · 8 days
   $60

   $8/day
10. To attend the Indonesia Australia Business Week and to conduct a series of bilateral meetings

    Indonesia · 16 Nov 2015 → 21 Nov 2015 · 6 days
    $15

    $3/day
11. To represent the Government at the Bo’ao Forum for Asia Annual Conference.

    China · 21 Mar 2016 → 25 Mar 2016 · 5 days
    $15

    $3/day