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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin

Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end

Pauline Hanson sitting at a table behind a microphone
Senator Pauline Hanson claimed a taxpayer-funded rebate to install solar power on her home in Queensland. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

Pauline Hanson accessed a federal government rebate scheme to install solar power on her Queensland home, despite calling for an end to public subsidies for renewable energy projects.

Information from the Clean Energy Regulator, released under freedom-of-information laws, shows the One Nation leader among three conservative federal MPs to access the small-scale renewable energy scheme (SRES), despite being a strident critic of government subsidies for net zero policies.

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