Pauline Hanson demands the ATO reverse its credit card ban
Pauline Hanson wants the ATO to keep taking credit cards after 30 June 2027. Teal MP Allegra Spender and the Coalition want the same thing.
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Bel McRae covers the Australia and Roads desks, with 48 stories so far, 37 of them for the Australia desk. A big share follows One Nation, from its polling and its Victorian launch to Pauline Hanson's policy calls, alongside Canberra and the power grid. On Roads, McRae reports on highways, rail and freight, from the Strzelecki Track sealing to Melbourne Airport Rail.
Pauline Hanson wants the ATO to keep taking credit cards after 30 June 2027. Teal MP Allegra Spender and the Coalition want the same thing.
Warren Pickering says a One Nation government would restart native timber harvesting in Victoria on a Tasmanian-style model. The state ban began in 2024.
One Nation is up two points to 25% in the Guardian Essential poll out 29 September. The Coalition fell four to 22%, its equal lowest in that poll.
Pauline Hanson says Jim Chalmers should resign. It comes after the RBA lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September, its fourth hike of 2026.
Hanson wants federal power to shut extremist mosques. She asked on 28 September after the SMH reported preacher Abu Ahmad urged followers to take up arms.
Gina Rinehart asked Queensland LNP MP Henry Pike about joining One Nation at a January lunch, Four Corners reports. Pike says he'll always be a Liberal.
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll says "One Nation terrifies me" before the 28 November election. A poll has the Coalition on 29, One Nation 25 and Labor 24.
Pauline Hanson is No. 4 on AFR Magazine's 2026 Power list, behind Albanese, Chalmers and Butler. Roy Morgan has One Nation leading Labor on 25.5%.
New SA Liberal president Alex Antic says the Liberals and One Nation will likely need an understanding to form government. He won the vote 119 to 73.
Pauline Hanson toured Flip Screen in Wagga on 21 September and said the best employee is homegrown. She was due to open Henty Field Days the next day.
Chris Bowen used the 2026 Curtin Oration to call Pauline Hanson's patriotism exclusive and angry, and made the case for a progressive version.