Richard Colbeck

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Of which $49,355 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $300 · lifetime repaid $552.

What was claimed, by category

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

1. ›Office Facilities

   $18,109

   • Other$18,109
2. ›Employee Travel

   $15,216

   • Domestic Travel$15,216
3. ›Scheduled Commercial Transport

   $14,790

   • Fares$14,790
4. ›Travel Allowance

   $7,728

   • Travel Allowance$7,728
5. ›Other Car Costs

   $6,635

   • Private-Plated Vehicle$5,960
   • COMCAR$674
6. ›Office Administration

   $2,896

   • Office Consumables and Services$1,128
   • Printing and Communications$1,032
   • Publications$736
7. ›Family Travel

   $1,338

   • Scheduled Commercial Transport$1,338
8. ›Telecommunications

   $752

   • Telecommunications - Usage$490
   • Telecommunications - Residential - Official$262

Largest individual claims this quarter

1. Aggregated Total

   Office Facilities
   $18,108.56
2. Aggregated Total

   Employee Travel
   $15,216.22
3. Devonport to Melbourne 30 Nov 25

   Scheduled Commercial Transport · Devonport → Melbourne
   $1,879.38
4. Lease rental 20/12/2025 to 19/01/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
5. Lease rental 20/01/2026 to 19/02/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
6. Lease rental 20/02/2026 to 19/03/2026

   Other Car Costs
   $1,650.69
7. Parliamentary Duties

   Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
   $1,610.00
8. Parliamentary Duties

   Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
   $1,610.00
9. Parliamentary Duties

   Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
   $1,610.00
10. Devonport to Melbourne 23 Nov 25

    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Devonport → Melbourne
    $1,250.78

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