Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed at Gina Rinehart’s $20m mansion after One Nation fundraisers
Guardian AU
•Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:07 GMT
📰 What Happened
Guardian Australia reports that Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed overnight at Gina Rinehart's $20 million Brisbane mansion. The visits came after fundraisers held for One Nation.
On one occasion Joyce gave a live interview to Channel Seven's Sunrise from a room that looks like a bedroom in the house. That was the morning after a fundraising event at the Hawthorne property on the Brisbane River.
Expense records show the pair declared flights on 13 April paid for by Hancock Prospecting. Flight tracking shows they then flew on Rinehart's Gulfstream jet from Brisbane to Sydney.
🔍 The Backstory
Parliamentary rules say MPs must declare free accommodation or gifts worth more than $300. They must also declare anything that could look like a conflict of interest. Hospitality from friends is excused, but the rules exist to keep interests public.
Joyce told the Guardian that Rinehart 'was a long-term friend over decades not a motel'. Hancock Prospecting said donations would be disclosed under the law.
The Guardian also reports Hanson has used one of Rinehart's bodyguards for personal security. One Nation has previously failed to declare gifted flights.
🎯 Why It Matters
Voters expect MPs to act for them, not for donors. Undeclared gifts make it hard to tell whose interests a politician is really serving.
Guardian Australia reports that Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed overnight at Gina Rinehart's $20 million Brisbane mansion. The visits came after fundraisers held for One Nation.
On one occasion Joyce gave a live interview to Channel Seven's Sunrise from a room that looks like a bedroom in the house. That was the morning after a fundraising event at the Hawthorne property on the Brisbane River.
Expense records show the pair declared flights on 13 April paid for by Hancock Prospecting. Flight tracking shows they then flew on Rinehart's Gulfstream jet from Brisbane to Sydney.
Parliamentary rules say MPs must declare free accommodation or gifts worth more than $300. They must also declare anything that could look like a conflict of interest. Hospitality from friends is excused, but the rules exist to keep interests public.
Joyce told the Guardian that Rinehart 'was a long-term friend over decades not a motel'. Hancock Prospecting said donations would be disclosed under the law.
The Guardian also reports Hanson has used one of Rinehart's bodyguards for personal security. One Nation has previously failed to declare gifted flights.
Voters expect MPs to act for them, not for donors. Undeclared gifts make it hard to tell whose interests a politician is really serving.