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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

Greens move to axe public school funding cap in direct challenge to Labor

14 September, 2023 - The Greens will today move to replace the 20% ceiling on the Commonwealth share of public school funding with a 25% floor, in a direct chal...

Public school funding gap a fraction of government spending on private sector

28 August, 2023 - The Greens say that the funding shortfall to public schools could be met by reducing government spending on the overfunded private system by o...

Disadvantaged students pay price for two-tiered school system

23 August, 2023 - The Greens say today’s NAPLAN results are evidence that Australia’s two-tiered school system is supercharging disadvantage, and have called fo...

Senate's school refusal report a positive first step

10 August, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed a Senate report on school refusal and have called on the federal government to work with states and territories to im...

Full funding for public schools now

2 August, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the AEU’s new campaign for fully funded public schools and are calling on governments to stop gifting money to elite p...

Government spending on private schools grows at double the rate of public schools

17 July, 2023 - New analysis by the Parliamentary Library reveals that in the decade since the Gonski Review Australian governments have increased funding to pr...

Investment in skills won’t stop teacher exodus from public schools

7 July, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the report from the government’s Teacher Education Expert Panel – which recommends boosting teacher education – but have...

Elite schools awash with public cash

22 June, 2023 - The Greens say new data showing the sheer scale of government overfunding of private schools puts pressure on Labor to ensure that public school...

Greens to oppose NAIF bill unless it stops funding coal and gas

21 June, 2023 - The Greens say the Federal Government must ensure that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) can not be used for coal and gas pr...

Labor dumps equity and funding commitments from schools platform

2 June, 2023 - Labor has gutted its pre-election schools platform, walking back its stated commitment to fully fund public schools and ensure equity for the mos...

Report recommends maternity services return to all public hospitals

30 May, 2023 - The report from the Greens-initiated Universal access to reproductive healthcare Senate inquiry confirmed that access to maternity and ...

Public schools still left behind as Labor tips billions more into private system

10 May, 2023 - Federal Labor has again proven it has no plan to end education inequality with last night’s budget pouring even more money into the private schoo...