Penelope Jane Allman-Payne (born 19 March 1970) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the

Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and th ...

and was elected to the

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at the 2022 federal election, to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. She worked as a lawyer and schoolteacher before entering politics.

Early life

Allman-Payne is a qualified lawyer and practised in

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before taking up teaching as a profession. 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 The Queensland Teachers' Union is an Australian trade union with a membership of more than 46,000 teachers and principals in the Queensland Government's primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and othe ...

Politics

Allman-Payne joined the Greens in 2010. She ran as the party's candidate for the

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seat in the state election in 2012, losing to the LNP's Steve Davies. In the 2013 federal election she lost to

Andrew Laming Andrew Charles Laming (born 30 September 1966) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2004 to 2022. H ...

in the race for the federal seat of Bowman. Allman-Payne was elected to the Senate at the 2022 federal election.

Personal life

Allman-Payne is married and has two children, and has lived in

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since 2018.

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