Pauline Hanson says Coalition allowed her to announce Rockhampton grant instead of Nationals

One Nation leader insists she ‘worked bloody hard’ for the funding and local MP Michelle Landry ‘had absolutely nothing to do with it’

Pauline Hanson claims she had the federal government’s blessing to announce an $8m grant for a Rockhampton hospice, saying the Nationals MP Michelle Landry had no role in securing the funding.

The One Nation leader, who announced the grant in August, told Guardian Australia she lobbied for the funding after meeting the hospice proponents at Beef Week in May and was subsequently advised directly by the government that a grant had been approved.

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