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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Richard Colbeck

Liberal Party of Australia · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$67,463+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
228th / 258
-52% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$67,463
Quarters on record
34
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($18,109)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.

Quarter-over-quarter

Work expenses — reported by IPEA
Remuneration composition — modelled

Expenditure by category

Expenditure by category (reported by IPEA)

Remuneration breakdown

Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$8,996
Total remuneration & super$82,036
Note: Auto-applied Backbencher (2025-26); quarterly = annual / 4
How is this modelled?▾

Modelled from Remuneration Tribunal determinations. Best-effort approximations, not IPEA-reported amounts.

Vehicle entitlement
All members modelled as taking the $19,500/yr cash-in-lieu allowance. IPEA car/COMCAR lines are treated as separate travel costs.
Electorate allowance
Baseline rate ($39,700/yr) applied for all representatives; geographic scaling not yet modelled.
Committee loadings
Additional loadings for committee chairs, whips and minor office holders are currently untracked.
Mid-quarter transitions
Modelled on the most recent active role within the quarter (known approximation).

Full detail on the methodology page.

Expenditure detail

Office Facilities

$18,109
—IPEA$18,108.56

Employee Travel

$15,216
Domestic TravelIPEA$15,216.22

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$14,790
FaresIPEA$1,879.38
FaresIPEA$1,250.78
FaresIPEA$1,061.80
FaresIPEA$903.35
FaresIPEA$671.89
FaresIPEA$641.18
FaresIPEA$620.24
FaresIPEA$611.46
FaresIPEA$609.99
FaresIPEA$556.43
FaresIPEA$553.58
FaresIPEA$553.58
FaresIPEA$536.18
FaresIPEA$512.24
FaresIPEA$512.24
FaresIPEA$492.23
FaresIPEA$445.58
FaresIPEA$436.66
FaresIPEA$430.51
FaresIPEA$411.48
FaresIPEA$390.30
FaresIPEA$377.73
FaresIPEA$319.38
FaresIPEA$11.83

Travel Allowance

$7,728
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Other Car Costs

$6,635
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,650.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,650.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,650.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$158.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$152.73
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$151.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$148.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$147.19
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$129.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$114.28
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Office Administration

$2,896
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$909.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$251.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$250.64
PublicationsIPEA$119.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$118.78
PublicationsIPEA$96.91
PublicationsIPEA$92.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$82.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$77.76
PublicationsIPEA$57.09
PublicationsIPEA$57.09
PublicationsIPEA$57.09
PublicationsIPEA$57.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.76
PublicationsIPEA$49.82
PublicationsIPEA$49.82
PublicationsIPEA$49.82
PublicationsIPEA$49.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.71
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$27.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.41
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73

Family Travel

$1,338
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$910.12
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$427.38

Telecommunications

$752
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$163.89
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$163.36
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$163.00
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$87.27
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$87.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$87.18

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