Alicia Emma Payne (born 24 July 1982) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election.
[1] She attended Kambah High School before going on to study economics at the University of Sydney.
[2] Before entering politics she worked at the National Centre For Social And Economic Modelling (NATSEM) and at the Department of the Treasury.
[2] She has worked as a political staffer for several Labor MPs, serving as a senior adviser to Lindsay Tanner and Bill Shorten and later as chief of staff to Jenny Macklin.
[1] In September 2018, she won ALP preselection for the Division of Canberra, replacing the retiring MP Gai Brodtmann.