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    Pauline Hanson charged taxpayers almost $9,000 for private plane to event honouring Gina Rinehart donation
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    Pauline Hanson charged taxpayers almost $9,000 for private plane to event honouring Gina Rinehart donation


    Pauline Hanson charged taxpayers almost $9,000 for private plane to event honouring Gina Rinehart donation

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/pauline-hanson-private-plane-gina-rinehart-event-taxpayers-money-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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    1. sarinonline on

      I am not shocked at all.

      Charging tax payers to go pay homage to the wealthy.

      > Last year, the senator similarly [failed to properly declare](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/30/pauline-hanson-travelled-to-us-on-gina-rineharts-private-jet-to-attend-cpac) that she and her chief of staff, James Ashby, had received flights from Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting to travel to and from Florida, where they also stayed at Rinehart’s $66m Palm Beach mansion.

      and

      > Hanson’s use of taxpayer-funded travel has previously been the subject of an assurance review by the independent expenses watchdog, after she claimed almost [$5,000 to attend Gina Rinehart’s 70th birthday party](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/29/pauline-hanson-taxpayer-funds-gina-rinehart-birthday-party-cleared) in Perth in 2024.

      Always has been a grift, and is lapdog for the ultra wealthy.

    3. maticusmat on

      Now this is on brand for a convicted electoral fraudster and billionaires puppet

    5. Altruistic-Brief2220 on

      Right now it’s just The Guardian but if we start to see more outlets talking about Pauline’s expenses, I’d put my money on Vikki Campion (as Barnaby’s puppeteer) and James Ashby being behind it so that he can take over. 

    6. reesly on

      The sooner these parasites have to spend their own money and THEN prove why the taxpayer should foot the bill, the better.

      She needs to pay this back ASAP!

    7. Initial-Mortgage-611 on

      To all those morons who think she is the voice of the people and represents you that’s who she really is. She will be the puppet whose strings are being pulled by Gina

    9. DefaultProducts on

      She barely attends the parliament, so why the fuck are we using our hard earned money for this unemployed grifter who barely contributes to the economy of our country?

      She needs to be ousted and be given a proper job application, which I imagine she hasn’t been in a job and interacting with the community/society for literal years.

    12. hart37 on

      Once again proving the biggest leeches and parasites in this country aren’t those on welfare but the wealthy

    15. NorthernSkeptic on

      People who would vote Hanson do not give a fuck about this, as long as she’s bashing immigrants

    17. blakeavon on

      What isn’t she supposed to be a humble ‘battler’ whose entire existence is about giving them a platform.

      Gross and hardly surprising.

      I have never understood how her supporters can’t see through the silly facade.

    19. Ornery-Ad-7261 on

      You wouldn’t expect Pauline to do anything that she would need to pay for personally. Positively out of the question.

    21. m00nh34d on

      And? Nothing will happen from it. The people who vote for her don’t give a shit about stuff like this.

    24. Humeon on

      As a public servant I had to fill out a form when a customer I served suggested he send me $20 as a thank you

    27. fastsailor on

      Both are such crooks. Hanson only works for the rich and has no interest in supporting things that would benefit the rest of us. Her voting record proves this. She is a patsy for the ultra rich.

    28. world_mind on

      This makes me so mad and upset. That $9000 would make such a difference to the life on someone on Centrelink benefits (eg job seeker, disability, old age). Makes me so mad that Hanson can blow that money so frivolously! My wrath applies to other politicians, not just Hanson. I just feel extra mad about Hanson as she sells herself as being “a battler” and being more honest than the average politician.