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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Bernardi vows to pay for flights taken with Hanson on Rinehart’s plane amid confusion about SA’s donations ban

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson, left and Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person.
One Nation’s Pauline Hanson, left and Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person. Composite: Getty/AAP

Cory Bernardi says he will pay for multiple flights with Pauline Hanson in a plane registered to Gina Rinehart’s company amid confusion about whether the trips may contravene South Australia’s new laws banning political donations.

Saturday’s SA election is the first since the new laws came into effect. There are a range of exemptions to the ban, but it is not clear if any of them apply to One Nation as parties, candidates and the electoral commission work through the “world-leading” laws for the first time.

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