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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

On World Teachers Day, $11.5 billion in unpaid teacher workload shows extent of the overwork crisis

31 October, 2025 - On World Teachers Day, new analysis shows that Australian teachers are contributing $11.5 billion in unpaid labour every year, demonstrating ...

Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say

28 October, 2025 - The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia’s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and unde...

Penny Allman-Payne

21 October, 2025 - It’s clear that the Albanese Government has no appetite – or ability – to embark on the kinds of transformational reforms that could make a real difference in people’s lives.

Greens slam Deloitte’s unethical behaviour and measly refund over AI report bungle

9 October, 2025 - Greens Senators Barbara Pocock and Penny Allman-Payne have grilled the Government in Senate estimates over the bungled Deloitte report into th...

'No $50 showers', Greens tell Minister Rae to fix aged care copayments before November deadline

25 September, 2025 - The Greens have written to the Aged Care Minister, Sam Rae, urging him to act to prevent aged care recipients from having to pay up to $50 ...

Labor leaves Robodebt victims without justice while welfare harms continue

24 September, 2025 - The Greens have used the release of a landmark SBS docuseries, The People vs Robodebt, to call on Labor to implement the remaining recommen...

The commodification of aged care

24 September, 2025 - The commodification of aged care By Penny Allman-Payne, Senator For Queensland    On 1 November, major changes to aged c...

Pensioners will get smashed and lose care while Minister Rae hides

22 September, 2025 - Older Australians will pay up to $50/hour for basic care at home under Labor’s aged care changes coming on November 1 according to reportin...

NT EPA Chief must resign over Darwin LNG scandal

18 September, 2025 - The Greens have called for the resignation of NT EPA chairperson Paul Vogel following revelations about a major methane leak at Darwin LNG ...

Greens urge end to aged care shortages as figures reveal 2,500 people unnecessarily in hospital

12 September, 2025 - State governments have told Labor today that nearly 2,500 people are unnecessarily in hospital waiting for residential aged care or home ca...

Aged Care woes continue for older Australians, new Royal Commission report smashes Labor’s reforms

4 September, 2025 - Just one day after Labor was spectacularly forced into a backflip by the Greens, Opposition and the crossbench over its stubborn refusal to ...