Jul 14, 2026 – 4.08pmOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson says the cost of the party’s plan to offer cheap taxpayer-funded home loans was capped at $11.5 billion all along, rejecting economists’ warnings it could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.Hanson’s statement was made just hours after One Nation’s Treasury spokesman, Barnaby Joyce, appeared to distance himself from the proposal, telling Sky News it was “a discussion piece – it is not policy”.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles