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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator for Queensland

The school funding wars are back

22 February, 2024 - the school funding wars are back By Penny Allman-Payne, Senator for Queensland    Over the next few months you’re going t...

Labor refuses to ditch dodgy Morrison-era loophole from public school funding agreements

15 February, 2024 - In Senate Estimates this morning Labor refused to rule out dropping the dodgy accounting trick from bilateral funding agreements which allow...

End dodgy accounting tricks in new public school funding deals

1 February, 2024 - The Greens say Labor must eliminate dodgy accounting tricks from new bilateral deals on school funding, with states and territories currently...

Public school plan locks in underfunding

31 January, 2024 - Today’s so-called “deal” between the federal and WA Labor governments on school funding looks more like a stitch-up for public school kids th...

Private schools should have public funding stripped: survey

29 January, 2024 - With most students returning to school around the country today, Australian parents have sent a clear message to Labor to end school funding ...

Redirect fossil fuel subsidies to accelerate community-led energy transition

25 January, 2024 - The Greens say $11 billion in annual federal subsidies to polluting fossil fuel companies should be phased out and the money redirected to ac...

Greens write to education ministers urging full funding for public schools

6 December, 2023 - The Greens have today written to Commonwealth, state and territory education ministers to urge them to fully fund public schools, after PISA ...

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...