Latest News, Articles & Media

Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

National Cabinet must address Labor’s aged care shame

30 January, 2026 - Report on Government Services data released by the Productivity Commission today shows the callousness of Labor’s aged care policies, with ol...

Ministers must answer why Social Services keep breaking the law

27 January, 2026 - Today’s Commonwealth Ombudsman Report finding that Services Australia and the Department of Social Services has been non-compliant with socia...

To end domestic violence, Labor must stop rising poverty

25 November, 2025 - A dramatic increase in calls to 1800 RESPECT from Australians seeking help with domestic violence shows the urgent need to raise rates of in...

Robodebt families call for end to protection racket and for government to stop harming welfare recipients

5 November, 2025 - Jenny Miller and Kath Madgwick, the mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and ...

Greens to chair Aged Care inquiries into cost of care and future of the system

4 November, 2025 - The Senate has voted to establish two further Senate inquiries into Labor’s aged care reforms, amid concerns that the new Act which came into...

Minister Rae celebrates Aged Care profits while older Australians pay more

1 November, 2025 - From today, Labor’s new Aged Care Act comes into force, meaning older Australians will pay more for essential care, including up to $50 just ...

On World Teachers Day, $11.5 billion in unpaid teacher workload shows extent of the overwork crisis

31 October, 2025 - On World Teachers Day, new analysis shows that Australian teachers are contributing $11.5 billion in unpaid labour every year, demonstrating ...

Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say

28 October, 2025 - The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia’s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and unde...

Penny Allman-Payne

21 October, 2025 - It’s clear that the Albanese Government has no appetite – or ability – to embark on the kinds of transformational reforms that could make a real difference in people’s lives.

Greens slam Deloitte’s unethical behaviour and measly refund over AI report bungle

9 October, 2025 - Greens Senators Barbara Pocock and Penny Allman-Payne have grilled the Government in Senate estimates over the bungled Deloitte report into th...