Controversy is soaring as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racked up nearly $9,000 in taxpayer-funded travel for a private charter to attend an event linked to mining tycoon Gina Rinehart. Records reveal Hanson flew from Tamworth, NSW to Avalon Airport, Victoria in October 2025 to attend the launch of a student accommodation building at Marcus Oldham College — a project supported by a hefty donation from Rinehart. The charter cost $8,870 and was billed as parliamentary travel. Hanson’s office defended the expense, claiming no commercial flights were available and that attending the event qualified as official business because the college houses Queensland...