• Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
• Became a Senator on 4 February 2002 — unknown
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Bills: Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“They're two years behind. They don't have all the regulations on the table. They don't have the new quality standards on the table so people can properly understand the way the systems work, and they should be ashamed of themselves instead of running around triumphantly like they are the moment.”

Bills: Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“Where's your care, dignity and respect for people who are receiving aged care? There isn't any. When Labor's report came out and they said, 'The wealthy will pay more,' we thought: 'Yes, fair enough. Those that can afford to pay more should pay more. That's a reasonable thing to say.' But what they didn't tell you was that everyone's paying more. The rhetoric was, 'The wealthy will pay more.'...”

Bills: Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“When we left this legislation before lunch, I was making the point that government senators are talking a very big game on this piece of legislation, and I would suggest they go back and look at some of the facts so that they don't mislead the parliament. In a previous contribution, the chair of the Community Affairs Committee, Senator Marielle Smith, said that the royal commission said that...”

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 863 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Richard Colbeck's latest interest statementLast updated: 24 Aug 2022