[4] In 1955 he represented the AWU at the state arbitration court as it sought a new award for the gold mining industry.

[7] In the early 1970s he lobbied the Gorton and McMahon governments for the subsidy payable to gold miners to be increased, on the grounds that the industry would otherwise die out and lead to large-scale unemployment in his constituency.

[10] In 1973, he successfully within the ALP caucus for the government to reverse its removal of tax exemptions on gold mining profits.

[12] Collard was re-elected in Kalgoorlie on five occasions, eventually losing his seat to Liberal candidate Mick Cotter in the ALP's landslide defeat at the 1975 federal election.

[1] His defeat was attributed in part to the Whitlam government's resources policy and its perceived failure to support the gold-mining industry.