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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

Senate speech on cost of living motion

6 September, 2022 - Australians are facing a cost-of-living crisis. People are being smashed on all fronts: rising rents and mortgage repayments, rising food pr...

Senate speech on workplace relations motion

5 September, 2022 - I rise to speak on this motion as a proud unionist. Unions are essential to the protection and advancement of workers' rights in this countr...

Greens to move for energy transition authority in Parliament

29 August, 2022 - The Greens Industry, Transition and Regional Development spokesperson and Gladstone local, Senator Penny Allman-Payne, will give notice of a B...

Still no credible plan to tackle teacher shortage crisis

12 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on the nation’s education ministers to tackle the root causes of the teacher shortage crisis, after today’s roundtable ...

End under-resourcing and increase salaries to fix teacher shortage crisis

11 August, 2022 - Ahead of tomorrow’s Education Ministers meeting, the Greens have called on federal, state and territory governments to address teacher shortag...

Teachers and students deserve better than technocratic tinkering

2 August, 2022 - The Greens say a proposal by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership to parachute inexperienced staff into classrooms and g...

First Speech - Penny Allman-Payne

1 August, 2022 - Monday 1 August 2022 5:02pm Transcript: I begin this evening by acknowledging that we are meeting on the sovereign and unceded lands of the Ngu...

My first speech to the Senate

1 August, 2022 - Thank you, President. I begin this evening by acknowledging that we are meeting on the sovereign and unceded lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri...

Green wave coming to QLD; Bandt in Brisbane

11 April, 2022 - The Greens are today campaigning in the key state of Queensland, where the party is aiming to pick up seats, with a balance of power pledge to ...