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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

OECD report proves school underfunding is baking in educational inequality

6 December, 2023 - The Greens say new OECD data showing Australia’s most disadvantaged school students falling further behind their more privileged peers should...

School disruption report offers no answers for teachers or disadvantaged kids

1 December, 2023 - The interim report of the Liberal-dominated Senate inquiry into so-called “school disruption” fails to meaningfully address the underlying ca...

Curriculum sideshow a distraction from public school funding crisis

27 November, 2023 - The Greens say curriculum debates are a sideshow which distracts policymakers from the school funding crisis, and that the key to ending sch...

Richest schools pocket $4.8 billion while public system remains underfunded

23 November, 2023 - With a new school funding agreement between the Commonwealth and the states and territories due to be negotiated in the new year, new a...

Students striking for peace in Gaza deserve support

22 November, 2023 - Australian school students walking out of the classroom tomorrow and Friday to call for peace in Gaza should be encouraged to exercise their...

Australian Greens Respond to Ministers Suggested Changes to NDIS + Autism

21 November, 2023 - Lines attributable to Senator Jordon Steele-John, Australian Greens spokesperson for Disability Rights and Services and Health  “Min...

Greens call for greater ambition in closing public school funding gap

20 November, 2023 - The Greens have backed Australian Education Union calls for Commonwealth, states and territories to close the public school funding gap, but...

Labor’s ridicule of student protesters a new low

15 November, 2023 - The Greens say Labor is hopelessly out of touch with Australia’s young people, after the government today mocked students preparing to walk ...

Greens write to Education Minister urging him to retract comments on school strikes

14 November, 2023 - Greens Education (Primary and Secondary) spokesperson Senator Penny Allman-Payne, a 30-year public school teacher, today wrote to Education ...

School refusal affects two in five families: survey

8 November, 2023 - The Greens say new polling showing that two in five families are experiencing school refusal/school can’t reinforces the need for urgent acti...

Gladstone community calls for restoration of ICU

3 November, 2023 - Community members have called for the restoration of the Intensive Care Unit at Gladstone Hospital and an increase in the Patient Travel Subs...

Fancy TV commercials won’t fix teacher shortage

31 October, 2023 - The Greens say that while 98% of public schools remain underfunded a new government advertising campaign to encourage people to pursue a teac...