{"id":731458,"date":"2026-06-12T08:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731458\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:24:09","slug":"pauline-hanson-says-she-takes-policy-advice-from-gina-rinehart-as-nationals-rule-out-deal-with-one-nation-one-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731458\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson says she takes policy advice from Gina Rinehart as Nationals rule out deal with One Nation | One Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, has rejected calls from some Liberals to consider a joint election strategy with One Nation<\/a>, telling Guardian Australia the Coalition will \u201ccompete against Labor everywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n

It comes as Pauline Hanson<\/a> revealed she considers billionaire Gina Rinehart as an unofficial policy adviser to her and her party.<\/p>\n

Canavan rejected Liberal MP Tony Pasin\u2019s push for a seat-sharing agreement<\/a>, who told the Australian newspaper the Liberals and One Nation \u201cshould work together to identify which seats are more appropriately targeted\u201d. Taylor and other senior Liberals had quickly shut down the idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am focused on removing this terrible government \u2026 We will compete against Labor everywhere to do that. I welcome all parties running. Competition is a good thing,\u201d Canavan said.<\/p>\n

But the Queensland senator did welcome Pauline Hanson\u2019s campaign to \u201cfire the liar\u201d, which her party claimed had already raised more than $2m in 48 hours. On Friday morning, the website appeared to be down temporarily \u2013 at 2pm it stated it had raised more than $3m.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI welcome everybody trying to take down this government, because that is the first step. So, good on One Nation for doing this,\u201d Canavan told Sky News.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re saying that that funding, that that now over $2m is going to be used to root out Labor members of parliament, and I\u2019d encourage them on that front, because we have seen Pauline Hanson spent a lot of time campaigning in the seats of Liberal and National members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labor has played down One Nation\u2019s donation claims, and questioned the \u201cindependent audit\u201d which Hanson said shows the money is \u201cridgy didge\u201d. The audit was completed over a few hours, and concluded that the donations were real and received.<\/p>\n

Labor\u2019s outgoing federal president and former treasurer, Wayne Swan, called the public fundraiser a \u201ccover-up\u201d of One Nation\u2019s billionaire donors including Gina Rinehart, and doubted the $2m figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never know whether it\u2019s true, but what we do know is that they are raising a lot of money from high net worth individuals, including going to Mar-a-Lago to raise it with Donald Trump,\u201d Swan told Channel Nine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a complete smokescreen \u2026 It\u2019s a complete farce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Hanson also revealed the influence Rinehart on One Nation policy, saying she consults her \u201cfriend\u201d and was grateful for the mining magnate\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

Guardian Australia has revealed the depths of their close relationship, including the gift of a new private plane, worth more than $1.5m. Before the gift, Hanson and others including Barnaby Joyce had been flown numerous times in Rinehart\u2019s own private jet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hanson also revealed the influence of Rinehart on One Nation policy, saying she consulted her \u201cfriend\u201d and was grateful for the mining magnate\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider her a friend and I\u2019m very \u2026 grateful for her support. She\u2019s an Australian identity, she\u2019s one of the highest taxpayers in the country,\u201d Hanson told ABC radio in Perth on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t have anyone have a go because she\u2019s, you know, OK, she\u2019s a billionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if Rinehart contributed to formulation of One Nation policy, Hanson said she had been \u201cvery beneficial\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy policy on pensioners being able to work unlimited hours and without losing their pension or healthcare card came from Mrs Rinehart. And I think that\u2019s great. I listen to anyone who brings good policy to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, has rejected calls from some Liberals to consider a joint election strategy with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-731458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}