Penny Allman-Payne
@pennyallmanpayne.com
Teacher. Unionist. Green. Senator for QLD. Living on stolen land. She/they.
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Authorised by P. Allman-Payne, The Greens, 20-22 Herbert St, Gladstone, QLD 4680
Contacts: https://linktr.ee/pennyallmanpayne
Authorised by P. Allman-Payne, The Greens, 20-22 Herbert St, Gladstone, QLD 4680
Rich private schools are gouging parents with huge fee increases while also pocketing millions a year in govt money – yet 98% of public schools don’t get their minimum funding.
Should Labor be pouring billions a year into the private system while public schools are underfunded?
Should Labor be pouring billions a year into the private system while public schools are underfunded?
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Rich private schools are gouging parents with huge fee increases while also pocketing millions a year in govt money – yet 98% of public schools don’t get their minimum funding.
Should Labor be pouring billions a year into the private system while public schools are underfunded?
Should Labor be pouring billions a year into the private system while public schools are underfunded?
I wrote to the Health Minister Mark Butler earlier this week, urging him to end his government’s policy of shortages of Aged Care at today’s meeting of Health Ministers.
Thousands of older Australians are stranded right now in hospital beds due to a shortage of aged care.
Thousands of older Australians are stranded right now in hospital beds due to a shortage of aged care.
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I wrote to the Health Minister Mark Butler earlier this week, urging him to end his government’s policy of shortages of Aged Care at today’s meeting of Health Ministers.
Thousands of older Australians are stranded right now in hospital beds due to a shortage of aged care.
Thousands of older Australians are stranded right now in hospital beds due to a shortage of aged care.
How long do we have to wait to see justice for Robodebt?
Years on from the Robodebt Royal Commission, and still not one person responsible has been held to account.
Years on from the Robodebt Royal Commission, and still not one person responsible has been held to account.
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
How long do we have to wait to see justice for Robodebt?
Years on from the Robodebt Royal Commission, and still not one person responsible has been held to account.
Years on from the Robodebt Royal Commission, and still not one person responsible has been held to account.
We can’t keep punishing people for not finding jobs which don’t actually exist.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
We can’t keep punishing people for not finding jobs which don’t actually exist.
Older Australians are dying waiting for care.
Labor and the Liberals are selling the care of our parents and grandparents off for private profits and releasing less care than people need each year.
In a wealthy country like ours, there’s no excuse for a crisis of aged care.
Labor and the Liberals are selling the care of our parents and grandparents off for private profits and releasing less care than people need each year.
In a wealthy country like ours, there’s no excuse for a crisis of aged care.
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Older Australians are dying waiting for care.
Labor and the Liberals are selling the care of our parents and grandparents off for private profits and releasing less care than people need each year.
In a wealthy country like ours, there’s no excuse for a crisis of aged care.
Labor and the Liberals are selling the care of our parents and grandparents off for private profits and releasing less care than people need each year.
In a wealthy country like ours, there’s no excuse for a crisis of aged care.
In estimates today the Department confessed to me that older people are having their My Aged Care data stolen by providers for use in sales calls.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In estimates today the Department confessed to me that older people are having their My Aged Care data stolen by providers for use in sales calls.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
1 in 7 Australians are now living in poverty, up from 1 in 8 just a few years ago.
It’s no coincidence that demand for domestic violence services is rising at the same time. To end domestic violence, Labor needs to stop rising poverty.
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It’s no coincidence that demand for domestic violence services is rising at the same time. To end domestic violence, Labor needs to stop rising poverty.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
1 in 7 Australians are now living in poverty, up from 1 in 8 just a few years ago.
It’s no coincidence that demand for domestic violence services is rising at the same time. To end domestic violence, Labor needs to stop rising poverty.
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It’s no coincidence that demand for domestic violence services is rising at the same time. To end domestic violence, Labor needs to stop rising poverty.
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116 legal and policy experts have now opposed Labor’s new powers for police to recommend cutting payments from people without them even having been convicted of a crime.
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
116 legal and policy experts have now opposed Labor’s new powers for police to recommend cutting payments from people without them even having been convicted of a crime.
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
How absurd.
Labor’s callous decisions on aged care mean thousands of older people are stuck waiting in hospitals. These are people who are not sick, they are just waiting for beds and home care packages that don’t exist.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor’s callous decisions on aged care mean thousands of older people are stuck waiting in hospitals. These are people who are not sick, they are just waiting for beds and home care packages that don’t exist.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
How absurd.
Labor’s callous decisions on aged care mean thousands of older people are stuck waiting in hospitals. These are people who are not sick, they are just waiting for beds and home care packages that don’t exist.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor’s callous decisions on aged care mean thousands of older people are stuck waiting in hospitals. These are people who are not sick, they are just waiting for beds and home care packages that don’t exist.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Trying to search for a company on the Attorney-General's lobbyist register but the website is broken. Another win for transparency under Labor!
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Trying to search for a company on the Attorney-General's lobbyist register but the website is broken. Another win for transparency under Labor!
This is incredible.
Just days after Labor’s new Aged Care co-payments took effect, and older people are facing being forced off supports they can no longer afford, profiteers are leaping into the sector to make a buck.
Just days after Labor’s new Aged Care co-payments took effect, and older people are facing being forced off supports they can no longer afford, profiteers are leaping into the sector to make a buck.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is incredible.
Just days after Labor’s new Aged Care co-payments took effect, and older people are facing being forced off supports they can no longer afford, profiteers are leaping into the sector to make a buck.
Just days after Labor’s new Aged Care co-payments took effect, and older people are facing being forced off supports they can no longer afford, profiteers are leaping into the sector to make a buck.
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
BREAKING: The Senate has today backed my motions to establish two new inquiries into the costs and impacts of Labor’s aged care reforms.
The reforms, which took effect on Saturday, are bad news for older people and their families. The government needs to be held accountable.
The reforms, which took effect on Saturday, are bad news for older people and their families. The government needs to be held accountable.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
BREAKING: The Senate has today backed my motions to establish two new inquiries into the costs and impacts of Labor’s aged care reforms.
The reforms, which took effect on Saturday, are bad news for older people and their families. The government needs to be held accountable.
The reforms, which took effect on Saturday, are bad news for older people and their families. The government needs to be held accountable.
Welfare payments are increasingly conditional and subject to the whims of profiteering job agencies - who can't even help people find work!
We must stop expecting Labor to be better. Maintaining an underclass of people living in permanent precarity is part of their business model.
We must stop expecting Labor to be better. Maintaining an underclass of people living in permanent precarity is part of their business model.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Welfare payments are increasingly conditional and subject to the whims of profiteering job agencies - who can't even help people find work!
We must stop expecting Labor to be better. Maintaining an underclass of people living in permanent precarity is part of their business model.
We must stop expecting Labor to be better. Maintaining an underclass of people living in permanent precarity is part of their business model.
$11.5 billion. That's how much Australia's teachers contribute in unpaid labour every year.
Our teachers are overworked, undervalued and facing increasingly difficult and unsafe classroom conditions.
It's no wonder they're abandoning the profession in droves. #WorldTeachersDay
Our teachers are overworked, undervalued and facing increasingly difficult and unsafe classroom conditions.
It's no wonder they're abandoning the profession in droves. #WorldTeachersDay
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 AM
$11.5 billion. That's how much Australia's teachers contribute in unpaid labour every year.
Our teachers are overworked, undervalued and facing increasingly difficult and unsafe classroom conditions.
It's no wonder they're abandoning the profession in droves. #WorldTeachersDay
Our teachers are overworked, undervalued and facing increasingly difficult and unsafe classroom conditions.
It's no wonder they're abandoning the profession in droves. #WorldTeachersDay
You could drive a bulldozer through the loopholes in Labor's EPBC reforms. Hardly surprising for laws written to protect corporate profits.
Under Labor climate emissions are rising and Australia is a world leader in deforestation and species extinction. These laws won't fix that.
Under Labor climate emissions are rising and Australia is a world leader in deforestation and species extinction. These laws won't fix that.
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
You could drive a bulldozer through the loopholes in Labor's EPBC reforms. Hardly surprising for laws written to protect corporate profits.
Under Labor climate emissions are rising and Australia is a world leader in deforestation and species extinction. These laws won't fix that.
Under Labor climate emissions are rising and Australia is a world leader in deforestation and species extinction. These laws won't fix that.
The Environment Minister's job is to protect the environment (the clue is in the name), not make approvals easier and cheaper for Chevron and BHP!
Credit: @goldingcartoons.bsky.social
Credit: @goldingcartoons.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Environment Minister's job is to protect the environment (the clue is in the name), not make approvals easier and cheaper for Chevron and BHP!
Credit: @goldingcartoons.bsky.social
Credit: @goldingcartoons.bsky.social
Fresh from unveiling pro-business environment laws that will take us backwards, Labor will today rub shoulders - and pocket hefty donations! - from the same people who helped write those laws.
Labor works for the coal and gas industry and the loggers. They’re not on our side.
Labor works for the coal and gas industry and the loggers. They’re not on our side.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fresh from unveiling pro-business environment laws that will take us backwards, Labor will today rub shoulders - and pocket hefty donations! - from the same people who helped write those laws.
Labor works for the coal and gas industry and the loggers. They’re not on our side.
Labor works for the coal and gas industry and the loggers. They’re not on our side.
DEWR sought an assurance report on the Targeted Compliance Framework. They got it. It told them clearly that the TCF could NOT be assured. And yet the government continues to administer this unlawful system so it can suspend income support payments for bullshit reasons.
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
DEWR sought an assurance report on the Targeted Compliance Framework. They got it. It told them clearly that the TCF could NOT be assured. And yet the government continues to administer this unlawful system so it can suspend income support payments for bullshit reasons.
BREAKING: New analysis shows that Labor’s deal with the states will lock in permanent underfunding of public schools.
What does it say about Labor that they simply refuse to provide public schools with the bare minimum while they pour $55 million a day into private schools?
What does it say about Labor that they simply refuse to provide public schools with the bare minimum while they pour $55 million a day into private schools?
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BREAKING: New analysis shows that Labor’s deal with the states will lock in permanent underfunding of public schools.
What does it say about Labor that they simply refuse to provide public schools with the bare minimum while they pour $55 million a day into private schools?
What does it say about Labor that they simply refuse to provide public schools with the bare minimum while they pour $55 million a day into private schools?
The Gladstone Power Station is set to close in 2029.
The writing has been on the wall for years - yet successive Queensland governments have acted like clinging to coal is a plan. It’s not. The only real path forward is rapid investment in the industries that will replace it.
The writing has been on the wall for years - yet successive Queensland governments have acted like clinging to coal is a plan. It’s not. The only real path forward is rapid investment in the industries that will replace it.
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Gladstone Power Station is set to close in 2029.
The writing has been on the wall for years - yet successive Queensland governments have acted like clinging to coal is a plan. It’s not. The only real path forward is rapid investment in the industries that will replace it.
The writing has been on the wall for years - yet successive Queensland governments have acted like clinging to coal is a plan. It’s not. The only real path forward is rapid investment in the industries that will replace it.
Under Labor’s Aged Care Act the worse your health, the more you’ll pay.
The Greens tried to remove co-payments when the bill came to the Senate last year and we were the only ones to oppose the laws.
Labor’s bleeding pensioners dry while giving tax-dodging corporations a pass.
The Greens tried to remove co-payments when the bill came to the Senate last year and we were the only ones to oppose the laws.
Labor’s bleeding pensioners dry while giving tax-dodging corporations a pass.
September 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Under Labor’s Aged Care Act the worse your health, the more you’ll pay.
The Greens tried to remove co-payments when the bill came to the Senate last year and we were the only ones to oppose the laws.
Labor’s bleeding pensioners dry while giving tax-dodging corporations a pass.
The Greens tried to remove co-payments when the bill came to the Senate last year and we were the only ones to oppose the laws.
Labor’s bleeding pensioners dry while giving tax-dodging corporations a pass.
From today, JobSeeker will be indexed to $56.69 a day. That's 89 cents more - or what Labor calls "cost of living relief" 🫠
Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.
Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.
September 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
From today, JobSeeker will be indexed to $56.69 a day. That's 89 cents more - or what Labor calls "cost of living relief" 🫠
Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.
Claiming credit for an automatic inflation adjustment that keeps people in poverty tells you everything you need to know about the state of the ALP.
The PM says Labor knows global heating is real - but his emissions target either proves he's lying, or they just don't give a shit.
This is not 'ambitious', this is a capitulation to the coal and gas lobby that will cost lives.
I'm not disappointed, I'm absolutely furious.
This is not 'ambitious', this is a capitulation to the coal and gas lobby that will cost lives.
I'm not disappointed, I'm absolutely furious.
September 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The PM says Labor knows global heating is real - but his emissions target either proves he's lying, or they just don't give a shit.
This is not 'ambitious', this is a capitulation to the coal and gas lobby that will cost lives.
I'm not disappointed, I'm absolutely furious.
This is not 'ambitious', this is a capitulation to the coal and gas lobby that will cost lives.
I'm not disappointed, I'm absolutely furious.
The Climate Risk Assessment is distressing and shocking, especially for those most at risk: people in poverty, older people, people with disabilities and people without safe and secure housing.
Labor has no more excuses. Anything less than net zero by 2035 is a death sentence.
Labor has no more excuses. Anything less than net zero by 2035 is a death sentence.
September 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The Climate Risk Assessment is distressing and shocking, especially for those most at risk: people in poverty, older people, people with disabilities and people without safe and secure housing.
Labor has no more excuses. Anything less than net zero by 2035 is a death sentence.
Labor has no more excuses. Anything less than net zero by 2035 is a death sentence.