One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart

One Nation will move its national headquarters into a Brisbane office building bought by mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. The office is in the suburb of Spring Hill. Rinehart's property company, Hanrine, bought the three-storey building last week. The party will rent the space from her company. One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce defended the move. He said the party would pay commercial rates and that there would be no special discount.

Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest person and a major political donor. She has backed One Nation leader Pauline Hanson in the past. Rules say the government only pays for offices for elected officials, not for political parties. One Nation says it will pay its own way. The party will move from its current office near Brisbane airport once building work is done. The news was first reported by The Australian.

Links between wealthy donors and political parties affect trust in politics. Voters want to know that parties are not swayed by big money.