The corporate forces bankrolling One Nation's ‘anti-establishment’ surge

Key points

• Donations to One Nation come from mining, hotel, banking and fossil fuel interests, along with Liberal figures and Advance Australia links. The party is also reported to have undisclosed transactions linked to the Queensland state election.
• Gina Rinehart has reportedly given Pauline Hanson expensive gifts, including a $2.1m aircraft that came with several large donations. One forecast puts the party's projected public funding at $219m if its current polling holds.
• The writer argues that corporate backing is helping the party gain political power.