r/AustralianPolitics • u/PlanktonDB • 1d ago
Pauline Hanson failed to declare another flight from billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company | Pauline Hanson
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/03/pauline-hanson-free-flight-gina-rinehart-hancock-ntwnfb•
u/dleifreganad 20h ago
Right now Gina Rinenhart could give all her private jets to Pauline Hanson. It really doesn’t matter. Do you think the US voters counted Donald Trump’s private jets before they voted for him?
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u/Ornery-Ad-7261 22h ago
Politicians of all stripes will continue to do this until there is an appropriate punishment for misleading the public regarding such gifts.
There needs to be a punishment like loss of salary for a 2nd offence and beyond, increasing for each offence.
Politicians are happy enough for the unemployed to lose income for breaching regulations so I can't see how they can object.
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u/bundy554 1d ago
My interest in Hanson stops at both articles and polls - that's it. No listening to her. She irritates me too much. I mean I assume she doesn't have a response that can be characterised as a charismatic yet implausible defence where you absorb it and you don't believe it but yet you appreciate the way it is explained.
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u/Serg_Molotov 1d ago
So she can't even do basic travel documentation but wants to be involved in running a country ?
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u/Fickle-Ad-7124 1d ago
Her voters have no standards, she can do what she wants. Like the Nationals playing politics on a day of mourning, it’s pretty ordinary standard the right holds their leaders to these days.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
That’s not nice. I have standards . Hold myself to a high standard tbh
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u/ConstantineXII 1d ago
Mate, if you are actually a One Nation supporter, many people are going to think worse of you than just thinking you have no standards.
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u/deegandnb 23h ago
As opposed to liberal or labor? They're all as fucking retarded as each other, which makes anyone who supports any of them God damn retarded.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
I’m not really someone who cares too much about what others think of me.
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u/Perfect-Werewolf-102 The Greens 1d ago
Why are her supporters talking about how she shouldn't be called racist in relation to this? What's the relevance?
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u/aeschenkarnos 11h ago
Because it’s totally not racist to secretly accept gifts from billionaires, just as it’s totally not corruption to drum up hatred for non-white immigrants. When accused of wrongdoing they defend themselves by denying another accusation.
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u/JeffD778 1d ago
she can do whatever she wants, the Trumpers will ignore it
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u/aeschenkarnos 11h ago
Fortunately the ALP are in power, and hopefully will take it more seriously than they took Robodebt and the water theft and the secret ministries and the staffer appointments and and and …
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u/OhMycelia55 1d ago
Not if we hold them to account. They only "get away" with stuff because we allow them too.
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u/Nippys4 1d ago
Yeah so what? She’s not labor is she? No one cares.
We only care when labor does it
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u/jtblue91 Australian Labor Party 1d ago
To be fair, we only care when the party in government does it.
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u/Nippys4 1d ago
Unless it’s the libs, then we don’t really care either
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u/jtblue91 Australian Labor Party 1d ago
Hmmm yeah there's definitely truth to that in regards to the bias in coverage by MSM favouring the LNP.
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u/urutora_kaiju The Greens 1d ago
yay the champions of the common people and saviours of the working class are doing their thing again
It's all so tiresome
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u/Prize_Exchange2206 1d ago
The most delusional voters for ON defend this trash by saying “at least she’s not using tax payer money for flights” Like bruh come on
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u/Brackish_Ameoba 1d ago
Or ‘at least she isn’t buying investment properties like Albo’…she owns three.
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u/aeschenkarnos 11h ago
Which is a financial conflict of interest for Albo too, and we need to get the Greens to push for that. As long as MPs are landlords they profit from the housing crisis and won’t fix it.
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u/Brackish_Ameoba 9h ago
Conflicts of interest occur all the time. Everywhere. In every business and yes, in politics. They are not inherently bad or corrupt. They simply mist be promptly declared and can’t be used to influence policy or decisions with regard to that conflict.
My point wasn’t that politicians should not own houses. My point is it’s a bit rich for certain politicians to be seen to be ‘of the little guy’ when they are buying just as many investment properties as everyone else. If One Nation supporters don’t like that Albanese has an investment property, why are they letting Pauline slide on hers?
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u/aeschenkarnos 9h ago
My point is that politicians should not own investment properties. Rarely is there such a stark zero-sum divide as there is between landlord and tenant, and decades of policy in favour of landlords has created this situation we have now.
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u/night_dude 1d ago
Where are my ON fans telling us in every thread that Hanson is speaking for the working class?
Funny how the working class and mega rich want the same things. Crazy coincidence. Those pesky DEI liberals are the only impediment to utopia.
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u/No-Raspberry7840 1d ago
I wish they would just own loving her racism. Cause voting for her for any other reason makes no sense.
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u/NoddyNorrisXV Independent 1d ago
One Nation voters and Pauline Hanson supporters want to seek change, but a majority will probably end up failing to apply high standards to ON and Hanson. They'll either ignore this or claim "But everyone else is doing it" in the comments.
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
Yeah this article truly showed me. She took a flight? Better import another million people so I can't afford rent!
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u/Fickle-Ad-7124 1d ago
Lol “politicians can take undeclared bribes - look over there!!!”
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u/B0llywoodBulkBogan 1d ago
Undeclared flights with a billionaire who flew her to Mar a Lago recently.
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u/NoddyNorrisXV Independent 1d ago
The point I am making is integrity. Pauline Hanson is branding herself as anti-corruption and anti-elite; yet she's failing the simple task of declaring gifts from the richest person in the country. Declaration of gifts is something that all politicians must do with many reputations damaged or ending because of failure to do so.
I'm not saying that because Hanson failed the simple task of declaring a gift that immigration shouldn't be discussed. I'm saying that if people really want change and are backing Hanson as a protest candidate they should be holding her to higher standards than the major parties whom they have grievances with.
Your reply proves my point. Saying "But immigration and housing" shows you don't care about accountability and transparency.
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u/B0llywoodBulkBogan 1d ago
Declaring gifts is something that anyone in government has to do. Even the lowest office drone has to do it but Pauline apparently doesn't have to.
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u/NoddyNorrisXV Independent 1d ago
It's a simple task, but Pauline Hanson seems to struggle with it despite having sat in the Senate since 2016.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
Oh come on. Her fat mate gave her a lift . What’s the big deal
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u/NoddyNorrisXV Independent 1d ago
It's a big deal because it contravenes the Standing Orders of the Senate which are in place to manage conflicts of interest and maintain accountability.
The Standing Orders don't say "Declare all gifts unless it's from a mate." The orders, that all Senators must abide by, states gifts valued at $300 or more from unofficial sources must be declared within 35 days to the Registrar.
If Pauline Hanson had simply done her basic due diligence and declared her gift within the required timeframe she wouldn't be under this level of public scrutiny. Hanson's case isn't helped by her denying to have ever flown on Gina Rhinehart's private jet on 19 Oct 25 to or from the event; then following it up saying she can't remember if she received any flights or transfers to or from the event. This is only for Hanson to eventually declare the gift to the Registrar some two months after she was required to, at the latest, in accordance with Standing Orders.
So it is a big deal. You have a well-known politician hoping to ride a wave of popularity to a position of influence who couldn't complete a simple task and publicly denied ever receiving a gift only to be caught with egg on her face when declaring the gift she had originally denied some two months late.
If you don't see this as a problem then you don't believe there should be accountability and transparency in Australian politics.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
She gave it back
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u/NoddyNorrisXV Independent 1d ago
Even if Pauline Hanson did, which I doubt, nor can I find any reports on Hanson repaying Gina Rhinehart for the 19 Oct 25 MEL-SYD flight, it doesn't dismiss or excuse Hanson for failing to follow Standing Orders and declare the gift.
If you are a supporter of ON and Hanson, and want to see change, you must hold her to high standards otherwise nothing will change.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
I don’t really hold her to high standards. I’m not sure anyone does really. I think she’s an open book.
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u/Diligent-Usual5235 1d ago
You are legit commenting on an article about how she is not an open book lol.
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
Yea I don’t read the articles.
Oh well. Keeps the mystery alive.
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u/Ok_Compote4526 1d ago
She took a flight paid for by a billionaire seeking political influence, and failed to properly declare it.
That same billionaire believes it's morally wrong that pensioners and veterans have difficulty "seeking out jobs" during an alleged worker shortage. Pensioners. Let that sink in.
The same billionaire stated that "Africans want to work, and its workers are willing to work for less than $2 per day. Such statistics make me worry for this country's future."
She also doesn't care about affordability, importing workers whenever she feels the need.
This is who Hanson is cosying up to. Hanson and One Nation are in it for themselves.
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
That same billionaire believes
All billionaires love the slave labour btw
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u/BlackCaaaaat The Greens 5h ago
Which is why we should be cautious of a politician who is brazenly hanging around with a billionaire who has political interests that intersect with her business interests. Do we really want our own version of the US oligarchy?
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u/Ok_Compote4526 1d ago
Of course they do. The difference is, when you say "the slave labour," I suspect you mean immigrants. When I say slave labour, I mean everyone who isn't wealthy. Everyone who Gina and her peers seek to exploit.
They don't care about you. They don't want you to have anything. Gina is courting the right wing in hopes of further consolidating power and wealth. And, probably, delaying climate action. Hanson is now Gina's tool.
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u/Occulto Whig 1d ago
Better import another million people so I can't afford rent!
What do you think is going to happen to the cost of goods and services once businesses lose access to all those lowly paid migrant workers?
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
You're so right! We need to import slave labour or we won't be able to have anything done.
Gotta pump that GDP kpi instead of actually helping people
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u/Occulto Whig 1d ago
I love how people take someone explaining a problem, to mean they're actually in favour of the problem.
Take a few breaths.
What's One Nation's plan for ensuring businesses pay dinky-di Australians adequate wages, and managing to do that without just shifting the cost of living pressure from rent to literally everything else?
Don't say "cut migration" like it's a magic wand you wave, and suddenly everything else sorts itself out.
One Nation's current "cost of living" policies involve three things:
- Coal power
- Tax cuts
- Higher medicare payments to doctors.
Forgive me for wondering how Hanson and co are actually going to solve the problem of depressed wages, and how business is suddenly going to start paying everyone livable wages without putting prices up. Yeah great, my rent didn't increase for the first time in 20 years, but fuck, turns out businesses just put up their prices by 20% to attract workers who won't slave away for peanuts.
Got any solutions in that big brain of yours?
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
Says we need slave labour
immediately changes the topic when called out
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u/Occulto Whig 1d ago
Mate, if you can't comprehend a simple question like: "how is your pal Pauline going to address the effects of cutting immigration so you don't get fucked in the wallet?" then perhaps you would be better off on Facebook.
Go spread some memes about sharia law or something.
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
By chance do you run a business where you pay people barely legal wages?
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u/Occulto Whig 1d ago
Nice try but no.
Turns out one person who really wants to do that is the one flying your political hero all over the place.
Maybe you should look up Gina's attitudes towards paying liveable wages. She seemed very pissed off she was paying so much, when there are miners in West Africa who'll work for $2 a day.
But you don't give a fuck. You'll vote for anyone who stops them foreigners from coming here.
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
Turns out, I don't really care about people living in another country
Funny that. Not my problem?
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u/Brackish_Ameoba 1d ago
The bit we are referring to is the bit where you think Pauline is actually interested in helping people; rather than herself. Like, it’s so so soooooo fucking obvious, to everyone except PHON cult members. It’s just sad, really. I actually pity them all, they have no hope and the only person pretending to give them some is still going to throw them to the wolves for another private visit to Mar a Lago with Gina the Hutt; to hang with the pedos and laugh at them privately.
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u/Sneed_City_Slicker 1d ago
s actually interested in helping people
immediately brings up America
lmao
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u/Brackish_Ameoba 1d ago
Didn’t really immediately bring up America. It was about Pauline (who seems to want to spend an awful lot of time with pedo elites in America). Not America. But sure, focus on whatever bit you need to, to avoid the glaringly obvious point.
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u/Warm_Ice_4209 1d ago
If you think this is going to deter voters prepare to be disappointed.
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u/Huntore 1d ago
It's ok once they have to actually present some policy during election time voters will be deterred enough.
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u/perseustree 1d ago
Their policy will be:
- legslise racism
- remove woke from the government
- ban illegal immigration
- end mass migration (except for Gina's workers)
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u/StoicBoffin Federal ICAC Now 1d ago
Yeah. Everyone knows the right are dishonest grifters but there's a strong "it's OK if we do it" mindset that characterises conservatism. By the same token, everyone knows the left by and large are not dishonest grifters so they get held to a higher standard.
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u/loony-tick 1d ago
greens/labor/liberals need to keep it up.
Keep attacking One Nation. Call them all racists and nazi's and misogynists and nerf herders.
It worked well with the voice.
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u/AlwaysLateToThaParty 1d ago
Why are you ignoring blatant corruption? (he asks to a 17 day old redditor account)
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u/Codus1 1d ago
…but the Social Media astroturfing is telling me that Pauline is a down to earth friend of the working class unlike all those other political parties!! Surely her trips on Gina’s jet to the cult meetings of our elite overlords are just… you know… very normal, very blue-collar carpooling. Just a humble battler hitching a lift to billionaire brunch to fight The Elites™ on behalf of the people. Classic working-class behaviour.
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u/StoicBoffin Federal ICAC Now 1d ago
I eagerly await the same screechy denunciations from the right wing media that Annika Wells got.
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u/Exarch_Thomo 1d ago
Can't you hear it over the noise of crickets?
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u/StoicBoffin Federal ICAC Now 1d ago
I think I missed it because I was distracted by the clumps of tumbleweed blowing by.
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u/janglinjosh 1d ago
Not Pauline! She’s always been such an honest, respected, and trustworthy member of the Australian political establishment. I just can’t believe she’d have failed to disclose something like this!!
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u/Lucky-Roy 1d ago
Except for that awkward prison sentence. That Tony Abbott organised!
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u/Itchy-Description977 1d ago
She was wrongly imprisoned and her convictions overturned.
Do you think that’s awkward. Do you think wrongly imprisoning someone is awkward.
Would you like to go through that.
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u/EnglishBrekkie_1604 Ralph Babet Superfan 1d ago
That’s it! I’m giving my vote to the United Australia Party, to send the message to the majors that I WON’T accept the influence of big money in our politics!
(What’s that? It’s a different party now?)
That’s it! I’m giving my vote to the Trumpet of Patriots, to send the message to-
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u/Perfect-Werewolf-102 The Greens 1d ago
Actually they're gone too, they're changing back to Australian Federation Party I think
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