# Sleepovers at the billionaire's mansion

> Two of Australia's loudest politicians spent the night at Gina Rinehart's Brisbane riverfront house, and parliament never heard about it.
- Title: Sleepovers at the billionaire's mansion · the Guardian
- Summary: Two of Australia's loudest politicians spent the night at Gina Rinehart's Brisbane riverfront house, and parliament never heard about it. One Nation keeps…
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- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/pauline-hanson-and-barnaby-joyce-stayed-at-gina-rinehart-brisbane-mansion-after-one-nation-fundraisers-ntwnfb
- Published: 2026-09-13T15:00:07+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: one nation, gina rinehart, political donations, transparency, australian politics, news, world
## A night at Gina's
Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed overnight at Gina Rinehart's $20m Brisbane mansion after fundraising events for One Nation. Neither declared the hospitality.
## Live from the spare room
On 13 April, the morning after a fundraiser at the Hawthorne house, Joyce did a live Sunrise interview from what looks like a bedroom inside it.
## Then the jet
Both declared flights from Hancock Prospecting that same day. Flight-tracking data puts them on Rinehart's Gulfstream from Brisbane to Sydney that afternoon.
## The $300 rule
Parliament requires declaring gifts or hospitality worth over $300, including free accommodation, plus anything that could look like a conflict with public duty.
## Joyce: she's a friend
Joyce said Rinehart "was a long-term friend over decades not a motel", and that friends don't charge him. The rules exempt purely social hospitality between friends.

> I will never be ashamed of doing the research to do a better job.
## The borrowed bodyguard
Hanson has been using one of Rinehart's closest bodyguards for personal security. A 2013 court case heard he was sent to offer Bianca Rinehart $25m to drop a trust fight.
## We've seen no money
Hanson told reporters in February she wasn't funded by Rinehart. National director James Ashby said in December: "We have not seen any money from her."

> We have not seen any money from her.
## Why hide it
Labor's Murray Watt says the concealment points to how closely One Nation's policies track what Rinehart and Hancock want. Hancock says donations will be disclosed as required.

> The level of concealment that goes on suggests a guilty conscience.
## Key takeaway

One Nation keeps insisting it gets nothing from Gina Rinehart, while flights, beds and now a bodyguard say otherwise.