Pauline Hanson’s One Nation withdrew more than $800,000 of election spending claims after AEC inquiries

An SBS cameraman films Pauline Hanson outside Parliament House. One Nation claims for taxpayer funds after the last election are being reviewed for potential breaches. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Australian Electoral Commission questioned Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party over more than $800,000 of claimed electoral expenditure for the last election, Guardian Australia can reveal.

Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show that the inquiries prompted the party to withdraw more than 140 items as it sought to provide additional information to justify almost 15% of the party’s $6.01m public funding claim.