Senate
Penny Allman-Payne
Penny Allman-Payne is an Australian Greens senator for Queensland. First elected 1 July 2022.
- Australian Greens
Before this: won Queensland Senate seat (2022).
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
1024 tracked votes while with Greens.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 4 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 3 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 3 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 37 avg 7.9 226
Her Green politics are reflected in the mark, though she has occasionally joined Coalition senators on accountability and transparency votes. Topic strips exclude accountability and process votes; read small counts loosely.
What have they done lately?
Recent activity has focused on care, tax and the NDIS. On 2 July 2026, she supported human review of aged-care needs assessments, arguing that algorithmic assessments can underestimate care needs. On 29 June, she voted Aye for workplace-relations changes for cooperative workplaces, which passed 31-25. On 25 June, she voted No on indexing income-tax brackets, defeated 24-30. On 22 June, she voted Aye on motions to suspend Senate rules and proceed with the NDIS bill, both of which carried.
When do they vote against their party?
3 times across 1024 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 22 June 2023 Tighten super and deduction rules
- 20 June 2023 Cap deductions for unregistered training
- 08 Sept 2022 Require Productivity Commission climate reviews
What do they say in debate?
28 tracked speeches across 26 bills.
- 19 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 7 against
- 2 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.