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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

Greens call to stop all welfare payment suspensions in light of damning ombudsman's report

6 August, 2025 - The Greens have called on Labor to stop all welfare payment suspensions immediately, following the damning Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report into...

Greens to chair Aged Care inquiry, call on Labor to act to prevent ‘perfect storm’ of pain for pensioners

28 July, 2025 - The Senate has established an inquiry into Labor’s transition to a new aged care system. The Greens spokesperson for Older People, Senator Penny...

Greens urge Labor to save 100,000 welfare recipients from ‘petty’ and ‘absurd’ debt notices

19 July, 2025 - The Greens have written to Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek urging Labor to urgently waive over $1 billion in unfair historical welf...

Greens urge end to Robodebt, two years on from Royal Commission

8 July, 2025 - The Greens have called on Labor to finally end Robodebt amid growing calls from welfare organisations to fully implement the recommendations from...

Labor’s Aged Care Act deferral a brief reprieve for older people who will be forced to pay more

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the deferral of the major parties’ Aged Care Act to 1 November, which will provide a brief reprieve for older...

Raising the rate crucial to tackling violence against women

4 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens have urged the Albanese Government to urgently lift income support recipients out of poverty and put an end to the punitive...

Labor's public school plan rips $18 billion out of public schools, opens door for Dutton's cuts

28 April, 2025 - New analysis shows that public schools will have $18 billion ripped away due to Labor’s plan to push full public school funding back to 2034.&n...

Greens announce plan to lower retirement age and lift pension above poverty line

26 April, 2025 - The Greens have today announced a plan to lower the retirement age and lift the age pension above the poverty line, allowing Australians to ret...

Unfit to govern: Member for Flynn caught on camera hoping for blackouts

16 April, 2025 - The Greens say today’s report that the Member for Flynn had called blackouts a “political opportunity” proves that the LNP is unfit to govern. ...

Bandt in Griffith pledges free school meals for kids across the country

15 April, 2025 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP will today join Member for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather and Senator Penny Allman-Payne to launch the Greens’ plan f...

Greens only party with plan for Queensland coal and gas workers

15 April, 2025 - The Greens are the only party with a plan to protect the futures of Queensland’s coal and gas communities, with the announcement of a financial...

Dunce-cap Dutton’s plan ripped straight from Trump’s Project 2025

2 April, 2025 - The Greens say Peter Dutton’s threats to withhold money from public education if teachers don’t deliver his fantasy right-wing curriculum is an ...