Audit shows fundraising is ‘ridgy didge’: One Nation

Source: ABC TV
One Nation says it has proven its $2 million-plus anti-Labor fundraising drive to be legitimate after the prime minister questioned the authenticity of donations.
Party leader Pauline Hanson took to social media on Thursday evening to declare the “fire the liar” fundraising site and money were “ridgy didge”.
She posted an audit document appearing to be produced by AI Strategy Consulting.
Hanson also called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reveal how much Labor had received from its online fundraising drive to “Stop One Nation”.
“Albo claims the last 24hrs worth of donations are fake. He’s lying again,” wrote Hanson on X.
“Here’s the independent audit that’s just been completed that proves the site and money is ridgy didge.
“Now, will the PM reveal how much his campaign has raised?”
The apparent audit report by software engineer Daryl Monnink stated he was “satisfied” that One Nation’s fundraising total included only “successfully received and validated donation payments”.
The audit was carried out by reviewing the website’s source code, inspecting live databases and viewing the end-to-end donation process alongside Peter Arvoll, who built the site, Monnink said.
Earlier on Thursday Albanese questioned what evidence there was the party had actually raised the funds, and Labor operatives privately suggested One Nation’s online donation counter might have been fraudulent.
“What evidence is there? It is an example of slogans being put forward, not substance,” the prime minister told reporters in Sydney.
As of Thursday afternoon, One Nation said it had raised more than $2.3 million through its campaign, designed as a counter to a Labor fundraiser targeting the populist minor party.
“Why would I call out the liar … then go and do something like that myself? It would destroy me,” Hanson said earlier on Thursday at a media event in Western Australia.
The fundraising stoush comes amid increasing concern within coalition ranks about One Nation’s booming popularity, with one MP suggesting the two parties should strike an agreement not to compete in key seats at the next election.
As polls put the combined One Nation, Liberal and National primary vote at almost 50 per cent, Liberal MP Tony Pasin told The Australian such an alliance would avoid splitting the conservative vote and bolster the chance of Labor losing the next federal election.
But Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said there was no deal on the table.
“There’ll be no carve-up of seats, and what we’re going to be doing is carving up the Labor party,” Taylor told reporters in Perth on Thursday.
“We’ll go toe-to-toe in every seat in this country to win every vote we can.”
Other Liberals, publicly and privately, echoed Taylor’s comments.
“Our job is to fight like hell, not roll over and (put) up white flags … I haven’t spoken to any colleague who’s happy to stand aside for a One Nation MP,” one Liberal told AAP.
In separate interviews, frontbenchers Tim Wilson and James Paterson warned against hitching the Liberal wagon to One Nation, arguing such a move could cause reputational risks.
“There will be no peace talks, there will be no surrender to Labor, to One Nation, or any other party,” Wilson told ABC Radio.
The opposition leader said Pasin would remain in the shadow cabinet, despite what colleagues have described as “freelancing” on a seat-swap with One Nation.
Taylor has previously left the door open to preferencing Senator Hanson’s party, although his colleagues remain split on that option.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott, who recently resurrected his political career as Liberal Party president, has also endorsed preferencing One Nation.
The latest Newspoll shows One Nation — now the party with the largest primary vote in the country — poses an existential threat to the coalition, whose vote has collapsed to 18 per cent.
-with AAP
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