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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

Labor review into aged care assessments means human override must be urgently reinstated: Greens

15 October, 2026 - Labor has finally admitted there may be a problem in their aged care assessment algorithm with a review into their Integrated Assessment Tool...

Greens will not allow Labor to punch down on pensioners for quick cash

14 October, 2026 - The Greens have just voted to remove the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026&...

Greens push for economic security reforms for women

12 October, 2026 - Australia must use every lever at its disposal to end femicide in this country, which is why the Greens are moving amendments that will stop ...

Greens call for federal support for Aboriginal-controlled YiSSA housing

7 October, 2026 - The federal government must urgently fund Darwin’s Yilli Short Stay Accommodation (YiSSA) to prevent its imminent closure, Greens say in ...

Labor must restore Ask Izzy funding

7 October, 2026 - The Greens have backed calls from the social services sector to save Ask Izzy, after the Albanese Government pulled the plug on the vital navi...

Experts shoot down Labor’s aged care assessment fix

24 September, 2026 - Aged care experts have slammed Labor’s ham-fisted attempt to repair its broken aged care assessments system at a public hearing in Canberra...

Aged care Senate inquiry hears Labor is denying rights to older people

23 September, 2026 - Yesterday’s hearing of the Senate inquiry into Labor’s aged care ‘Support at Home’ program has heard more disturbing testimony of how the g...

Labor Tinkers Around the Edges of Broken Aged Care Assessment Tool

17 September, 2026 - Last night, the Labor government circulated an amendment to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner Bi...

James Cook University must reverse proposed axing of vet lab

16 September, 2026 - In a speech to the Senate today, Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne has called on James Cook University to rethink its plan to ax...

PISA proves Australian teachers are world-class but need more support

9 September, 2026 - The Greens say the national conversation around classroom disruption and student performance is broken, with the latest PISA data showing Au...

Labor extends racist and failed compulsory income management indefinitely

7 September, 2026 - Labor has covertly extended the life of its racist and failed compulsory income management regime today, joining with the Coalition to kill ...

Big win for older people: Labor backflips on plan to scrap aged care support program

20 August, 2026 - Labor has scrapped a key pillar of its aged care reform agenda, reversing a decision to terminate the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)...