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Penny Allman-Payne
Senator · Australian Greens
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 22 September 2026
Closing statement on unpaid carers
“Thanks, Ms. Cave. And I'm going to go to Senator Gatenby to start us off with questions.”
Watch from 0:17Choice and person‑centred care: constrained carer options
“Thanks, Ms. Cave. Some of my questions have already been asked by Senator Gatenby, which is very helpful, so I won't ask them again. I might go to this one. You report poorer outcomes around choice and person-centered care under…”
Watch from 10:45Integrated assessment tool: role of unpaid carers
“I'd like to come back to the comments you made around the integrated assessment tool and the way in which it, on the one hand, considers carers, but on the other hand, doesn't. And I'm interested to understand, do you…”
Watch from 12:15
Senate Community Affairs References Committee · Australian Parliament · 22 September 2026
Speech
“Morning everyone. I declare open this hearing of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's inquiry into the Supported at Home program. I begin by acknowledging the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people on whose lands we meet today and pay my respects…”
Watch from 11:58Hearing opened: mandate, witnesses and OPAN statement
“I'm Senator Penny Allman-Payne, chair of the committee. We're also joined by Senators Whish-Wilson, Antic and Gatenby via video conference and I believe Senator Ruston will be joining us later today. Uh, we're also joined online by Senator Ananda-Rajah. These…”
Watch from 12:25Hearing opened: mandate, witnesses and OPAN statement
“Thanks very much, Mr Gear. Um, I might kick us off. You make an important distinction in your submission between being approved for care and actually receiving it. From what your advocates are seeing, where is the system most commonly…”
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Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026
Epilepsy inquiry report: service gaps, SUDEP and national strategy
“Thank you, Deputy President. I present the report of the Community Affairs References Committee on epilepsy, together with accompanying documents, and move that the Senate take note of the report. Epilepsy is more than just seizures. That was what we…”
Watch from 2:10:46Epilepsy inquiry report: service gaps, SUDEP and national strategy
“Um, I might just check with you, Acting Deputy President. Um, I'm wanting to speak also to the 516th report of the inquiry into Commonwealth financial statements. Is that in this group?”
Watch from 2:31:33JCPAA financial statements report: IT controls and Robodebt legacy
“Um, thank you, Acting Deputy President. Um, I rise to take note of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit's 516th report on the inquiry into Commonwealth financial statements 2023-24 and 24-25. The report notes that legislative non-compliance has…”
Watch from 2:32:03
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026
Minister ordered to attend: aged care home care waiting list deaths
“Thank you Acting Deputy President. I rise to speak also to the government's failure to provide the Senate with the information requested on how many people are dying waiting for their aged care packages. The minister has said that this…”
Watch from 1:28:01Selection of Bills report and Red Lines Package referral dispute
“Thank you, President. A common refrain from the government in this place when we ask questions about the genocide that's going on in Gaza, when we ask questions about Australia's commitment to international law, is that we are, and I…”
Watch from 2:56:18
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026
Further Greens critique: free education and structural underfunding
“Thank you, Acting Deputy President. I rise to speak on the Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The government has presented this bill as an equity reform. And there are elements of this bill that are intended…”
Watch from 2:48:27Senators’ statements: child protection, environment, Holocaust education, AI, health and economic integrity
“Thank you Acting Deputy President. Gender-affirming care is healthcare. Within hours of the Queensland Supreme Court's decision to overturn the unlawful ban against puberty blockers and hormone therapy for young gender-diverse people in Queensland the anti-healthcare Queensland LNP government reinstated…”
Watch from 4:44:24
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026
Adjournment: corporate power, housing crisis and plastics regulation
“Thank you, Acting Deputy President. Well, you know who benefits from people believing that immigrants are to blame for an unaffordability crisis that almost all of us are experiencing? The massive private corporations who are raking in billions of dollars.…”
Watch from 2:24:46
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