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Richard Mansell Colbeck (born 5 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and served a previous term in the Senate from 2002 to 2016. Colbeck served as the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport in the Second Morrison Ministry from December 2020 until May 2022, when the Albanese ministry was appointed. Previous to this, he was the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Youth and Sport since May 2019.

Colbeck was first elected at the 2001 federal election, and was a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government. Colbeck served as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment and the Minister for Tourism and International Education in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2016, but was defeated at the 2016 election. He returned to the Senate following a recount after Stephen Parry was disqualified during the parliamentary eligibility crisis.

Colbeck is a member of the Moderate/Modern Liberal faction of the Liberal Party.

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Voted for

increasing competition in bulk wheat export privatising government-owned assets an emissions reduction fund increasing beef import standards storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies deregulating undergraduate university fees giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan charging postgraduate research students fees Senate electoral reform increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators removing parallel import restrictions for books

Mixed / less clear

turning back asylum boats when possible decreasing ABC and SBS funding voluntary student union fees uranium export increasing the cost of humanities degrees Australia's timber industry unconventional gas mining increasing funding for road infrastructure offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia offshore oil mining funding the national school chaplaincy program

Voted against

decreasing the private health insurance rebate extending government benefits to same-sex couples carbon farming re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals increasing fishing restrictions an NBN (using fibre to the premises) a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration increasing the diversity of media ownership increasing support for community radio and TV greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship

Interests & Gifts

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Real Estate

Interests

Location: Devonport, Tasmania · Purpose For Which Owned: Residence
Location: Devonport, Tasmania · Purpose For Which Owned: Investment Property

Share Holdings

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Name Of Company: AMP PTY LTD

Partnerships

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Name Of Partnership: R.M. & G.M. Colbeck · Nature Of Interest: Partner · Activities Of Partnership: Consulting/Contracting

Savings Or Investment Accounts

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Nature Of Account: Savings Accounts x 6 · Name Of Bank Institution: Commonwealth Bank

Other Assets

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Name Of Other Asset: Superannuation - AMP
Name Of Other Asset: Superannuation - Spirit Super
Name Of Other Asset: Motor Vehicles x 2

Other Income

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Name Of Income: Investment Property - Rent

Gifts

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Detail Of Gifts: Complimentary Subscription Television (Foxtel) provided by ASTRA

Richard Colbeck