Penny Allman-Payne

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.

Early life Allman-Payne is a qualified lawyer and practised in insurance law in a brief break from teaching. She worked as a secondary school teacher for over 25 years before being elected to parliament, and was an active member in the Queensland Teachers' Union.

Politics Allman-Payne joined the Greens in 2010.

Allman-Payne served extensively in Convenor positions within the party between 2014 and 2021. These included Co-Convenor of the Australian Greens (2014–16), Convenor for and then of the Queensland Greens (2015–16, 2018, 2021–22), and Convenor of the Asia-Pacific Greens Federation (2017–18).

Allman-Payne was elected to the Senate at the 2022 federal election.

Portfolio positions

Allman-Payne is the Australian Greens spokesperson on the following issues:

• Education: Primary & Secondary • Older People • Social Services • Government Services • Transition & Regional Development • Sport

Personal life Allman-Payne is married and has two children, and has lived in Gladstone since 2018.