One Nation's use of a drone over Parliament House to film Pauline Hanson for a video is set to be investigated by Australia's aviation watchdog.
Labor senator Glenn Sterle has asked the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to look into whether the flight was illegal.
The video was posted on the party leader's Facebook page in June and included aerial shots of Parliament House and its surrounds.
News footage shows Senator Hanson's chief of staff James Ashby apparently controlling the drone with a remote control.
At a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, CASA officials said the operation of a drone over Parliament House was "not appropriate" because it was within the control zone of Canberra Airport.
CASA chief Shane Carmody accepted Senator Sterle's request for an investigation.
The committee has given CASA until September 13 to finish its inquiry.
Senator Hanson also drew the attention of CASA in July after posting a video on social media of her flying a drone from a balcony over a street in Townsville.
Senator Sterle said he was told by CASA it had finished an investigation into that incident and would not publish their findings due to privacy concerns.
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