One Nation declares $30,000 gift of James Ashby's plane – politics live

One Nation has amended its 2015-16 financial disclosure to account for its use of the plane, which was the subject of an AEC investigation. All the day’s events, live

Speaking to people at the Bega Fire Response Centre, Bill Shorten said he was “very grateful” no one had lost their life.

I want to say to you that all of Australia saw the television images and everyone cares. There are not many people in Australia who have not been to the south coast for a lovely holiday, or don’t know someone here, so there is a lot of people who care about you, but in particular I want to say to the people who perhaps have lost houses, or sheds, or photos and heirlooms, some of you might be wondering how on earth can you start again and what has happened to your property. I just want to say to you – ask for help. There is no rule book which says how you have to respond. At the moment, you are probably being quite busy, you want to find out the detail, but this is not a one-day matter, you will need help and you should ask for help. If you are doing it hard, that is perfectly normal. I worked on the bushfire reconstruction in Victoria, which was a dreadful experience too, you can’t predict when you are going to find it hard. Just ask for help. We are all here to help you, you have each other. I tell you what, anyone in Australia who sees images of this hall, and the people here, they are going to think that Bega and Tathra must be among the best places in Australia, because the people are so wonderful. Ask for help and you’ll get it.”

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has amended its 2015-16 financial disclosure to declare $30,375 for the use of a plane which has been the subject of Australian Electoral Commission investigation.

Hanson has described the Jabiru aircraft, which bears her political branding, as belonging to the party but her adviser James Ashby later said he had bought it for his own business purposes. This led to an AEC investigation into why the party had not declared use of the plane as a donation.
On 15 March the party submitted an updated disclosure with the following amendment to the “gifts in kind” section:

CORRECTION: it’s moved from a gift in kind and been added to “total receipts”

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