Jul 3, 2026 – 4.00pmIf teal independent Allegra Spender ever wanted to meet the financial backers of One Nation’s rapid political ascent, she need not stroll far from her home in Sydney’s Darling Point.According to online donation data obtained by AFR Weekend, Pauline Hanson’s insurgent political party has raised at least $16,000 from Spender’s Wentworth electorate over the last two weeks – the most of any federal seat nationwide.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Joshua PeachData journalistJoshua Peach is a data journalist at The Australian Financial ReviewRyan CroppEnergy and climate reporterRyan Cropp is an energy and climate reporter at The Australian Financial Review based in the Canberra bureau.Daniel RetiVisual stories engineerDaniel Reti specialises in data wrangling, developing interactive visuals and digital storytelling.Fetching latest articles
What 10,000 donors reveal about One Nation’s insurgency
Our analysis of donations to One Nation exposes a grassroots cash surge that has caught the major parties off guard. We’ve got the receipts to prove it.
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