Overview
- On Tuesday Hanson lodged an update to her parliamentary register stating Gina Rinehart paid for her intra‑Europe flights and gifted an invitation to a Dolce & Gabbana fashion show, and Hanson said she paid her own accommodation and daily costs.
- The disclosure followed media‑published photographs of Hanson and Rinehart at the five‑star Grand Hotel San Pietro in Taormina, which first prompted questions about who funded the trip.
- Hanson’s update does not say who paid the flights from Australia to London, leaving that leg of travel unaccounted for in the register.
- During the same overseas visit Hanson met and recorded an interview with far‑right activist Tommy Robinson, and Seven has said it only paid incidental production costs for parts of her UK activities.
- The move deepens scrutiny of Hanson’s financial ties to Rinehart after an earlier gifted Cirrus G7 aircraft and other donations, and it increases the likelihood of further media and political examination of donor influence on One Nation.