Public funding props up Hanson's One Nation party

One Nation's federal election campaign relied almost entirely on public funding, new figures show.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation party plans to run candidates in every seat in Queensland at the next federal election.

File: Pauline Hanson's One Nation Source: AAP

Pauline Hanson mostly relied on taxpayer funding, rather than donations, to prop up her 2016 federal election campaign.

The Australian Electoral Commission's latest financial disclosures showed her One Nation party received $1.75 million in public funding, out of its total receipts of $2.2 million.

Candidates and parties receive $2.68 for every formal first preference vote, if they receive more than four per cent of the total vote in their electorate.

Parties don't have to publicly disclose receipts under $13,200.


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