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Penny Allman-Payne
Senate · Australian Greens
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Australian Greens Senator for QLD since 2022 · no sourced faction · attends 94% of votes, rebels Never recorded · 8 sourced connections
- Australian Greens
- 94% attendance
- Never recorded rebellion
- 8 connections
Biography
Penelope Jane Allman-Payne (born 19 March 1970) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and was elected to the Senate at the 2022 federal election, to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. She worked as a schoolteacher and lawyer before entering politics.
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- Date of birth
- 1970-03-19
- Place of birth
- Brisbane, Australia
- APH identifier
- 298839
Political connections
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- Steph Hodgins-May · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Nick McKim · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Mehreen Faruqi · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Elizabeth Watson-Brown · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jordon Steele-John · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- David Shoebridge · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Barbara Pocock · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Larissa Waters · Shared party: Australian GreensParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
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Current and senior roles
- 4 June 2025–presentAustralian Greens Spokesperson — for — Social Services, Education (Primary and Secondary), Older People, Transition, Regional Development and Northern Australia and Sport.
- 4 June 2025–presentAustralian Greens Deputy Whip
- 25 March 2024–4 June 2025Australian Greens Spokesperson — for — Aged Care, Government Services, Primary and Secondary School Education, Social Services, Sport, and Transition and Regional Development
- 25 March 2024–presentAustralian Greens Party Room Chair
- 26 July 2022–28 March 2025Temporary Chair of Committees
- 17 June 2022–25 March 2024Australian Greens Spokesperson — for — Schools, Industry, Transition, Regional Development and Northern Australia
Committee service
- 4 August 2022–presentJoint Select — Northern Australia
Qualifications
- 1 January 2010–presentLLM
- 1 January 2008–presentGradDipLegPrac
- 1 January 2007–presentJD
- 1 January 1992–presentBHMS(Ed)
Occupations
- 1 January 2007–1 January 2012Lawyer from 2007 to 2012.
- 1 January 1993–1 January 2002Secondary School Teacher from 1993 to 2022.
Current parliamentary service
- 2022 — presentElected to the Senate for Queensland, 2022.Source
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