{"id":892029,"date":"2026-09-14T19:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892029\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:50:14","slug":"one-nation-under-fire-for-abandoning-gas-reservation-plan-in-favour-of-policy-benefiting-gina-rinehart-pauline-hanson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892029\/","title":{"rendered":"One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart | Pauline Hanson"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Nation has come under fire for quietly shelving support for a new domestic gas reservation policy in preference for a policy that favours the party\u2019s billionaire patron, Gina Rinehart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Albanese government has announced it will establish a new reservation policy<\/a> for Australia\u2019s east coast, requiring gas exporters to supply a portion of the gas they produce to the domestic market. The policy is aimed at \u201cmodestly\u201d supplying the domestic market to put downward pressure on prices for consumers.<\/p>\n

Pauline Hanson moved a Senate motion as recently as March in support of a domestic gas reserve, saying it would \u201cincrease the supply of gas and lower the price of electricity directly\u201d.<\/p>\n

But the reservation plan has been vehemently opposed by Senex, a $900m company that is 49% owned by Rinehart\u2019s Hancock Prospecting, and 51% owned by the Korean company POSCO.<\/p>\n

In June, One Nation<\/a> abandoned its longstanding support when it unveiled its gas plans after \u201cconsultation with industry and stakeholders\u201d saying the policy risked \u201ckilling domestic Australian gas companies\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Guardian has been examining Hanson\u2019s gas policy and the party\u2019s relationship with Rinehart in a new podcast series on One Nation, The Populist.<\/p>\n

The resources minister, Madeleine King, told the Guardian that One Nation\u2019s decision to abandon its policy suggested it was influenced by the industry\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Nation was hoping nobody would notice they had abandoned any form of gas reservation policy,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Nation claims to support Aussie families but the truth is they are always on the side of their big business backers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Coalition is considering supporting the proposal, while the Greens are pushing for a 25% gas export tax instead.<\/p>\n

The opposition spokesperson for energy affordability and security, Garth Hamilton, said that the party had \u201cdramatically\u201d changed its position to one that benefited Senex and Rinehart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis policy backflip must be for the benefit of her donors, because it is not for the benefit of the Australian people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In One Nation\u2019s policy statement in June, it said: \u201cOne Nation has previously considered an East Coast gas reservation policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, through consultation with industry and stakeholders, it became clear that it fell short of our policy objectives. The government\u2019s 20% reservation policy will damage onshore development of oil and gas projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April, the party received the gift of a new aircraft worth up to $2m from Hancock Prospecting and $1m in donations from two of Rinehart\u2019s closest associates.<\/p>\n

One Nation claims that its policy to encourage joint ventures between government and industry was \u201ceffectively removing the need for a reservation policy that risks distorting the market\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Rinehart and the former Liberal leader Peter Dutton had a disagreement in the lead-up to the last election over the Liberal party\u2019s plan for an east coast gas reservation policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a Senate estimates exchange in June, the One Nation senator Tyron Whitten asked departmental officials about the reservation policy saying the party had \u201cheard from industry that the oversupply model is going to make onshore exploration and development almost impossible economically\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May challenged Whitten for \u201casking questions on behalf of Senex, which is co-owned by Gina Rinehart\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whitten said: \u201cI can\u2019t be asking questions on behalf of Gina Rinehart. I\u2019ve never met the lady.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Senex said the company and other businesses \u201cengage with all sides of politics to inform policy development and help improve living standards for Australians\u201d.<\/p>\n

The social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, also took aim at the party, after revelations in the Guardian\u2019s podcast The Populist about Joyce and Hanson staying overnight at her Brisbane mansion.<\/p>\n

Plibersek accused One Nation of \u201cjust doing Gina Rinehart\u2019s bidding\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen now that Barnaby\u2019s having sleepovers at Gina\u2019s, he\u2019s being flown around the country in the private jet because he\u2019s doing her bidding,\u201d she said on Monday. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s more than just a friend. She is One Nation\u2019s biggest donor. So, when it comes to same jobs, same pay, making sure people who work in mining, for example, get paid the same, she says no. Gina says no. So One Nation says no.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to attacking Andrew Hastie, Gina doesn\u2019t like him. So One Nation doesn\u2019t like him. They attack Andrew Hastie.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Nation has come under fire for quietly shelving support for a new domestic gas reservation policy in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-892029","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\/892029","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=892029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}