Sydney - Despite its election humiliation, Ms Pauline Hanson's One Nation party will receive, under election funding laws, $2.5 million (£1 million) in public money to keep alive its dream of becoming a force in Australian politics, its officials said yesterday. Ms Hanson, the head of the anti-Asian immigration party, lost her seat in parliament in Saturday's election, but the far-right One Nation polled one million votes, or 8.4 per cent of the total.
Hanson's party to get £1m refund
Sydney - Despite its election humiliation, Ms Pauline Hanson's One Nation party will receive, under election funding laws, $2…
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