One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart

A controversial political alliance has emerged as One Nation prepares to relocate its national headquarters into a high-value Brisbane office building owned by mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company. The party’s leader has dismissed concerns over favoritism, insisting the lease will be negotiated at commercial rates rather than preferential terms. The move echoes past political partnerships that once delivered electoral success before collapsing amid internal strife. Critics and observers are scrutinizing whether this latest alignment could repeat history or forge a new chapter for the party.

Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial ratesOne Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart. What happened?Listen to episode 4 of The Populist podcastGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce has defended One Nation’s plan to move its headquarters to a multimillion-dollar Brisbane office building bought by the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart.The One Nation MP said the party’s national head office would pay the market rate to Rinehart’s company to rent the space, claiming there would be no mate’s rates. Continue reading...