• Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry (since 14 Sep 2010)
  Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation, Industry and Science (since 14 Sep 2010)
• Became a Senator on 4 February 2002
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Motions: World Heritage Areas (15 May 2013)

“Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement on Greens motion No. 1227.”

Motions: World Heritage Areas (15 May 2013)

“The motion is about logging in World Heritage areas and I acknowledge the vote of the chamber in respect of that. But Minister Burke in his nomination of Tasmanian forests as a World Heritage area actually included forests that were still to be logged as part of that process. Even after the nomination was put in on 28 February, in a letter on 30 April this year Minister Burke said: My...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Answers to Questions (20 Mar 2013)

“I certainly will be taking up further discussion around the IER, as was perhaps promised by Senator Moore. I have to say, the minister's answer to this question today just demonstrates even further the complete and utter chaos that operates within the government around the operations of the agricultural portfolio. I asked a number of questions at additional estimates on 11 February—not...”

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• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 18 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Richard Colbeck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 330 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)