Pauline Hanson announces Norway-inspired gas policy as she decries 25% export tax as ‘economic vandalism’

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 21, 2026 · 820 words · By Dan Jervis-Bardy

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One Nation has vowed to replace the contentious offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity stakes in new ventures under an interventionist policy designed to extract “vastly greater returns” for Australian taxpayers from the resource.

Claims checked 11

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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What happened

Why it matters

The proposal for the commonwealth to co-own gas projects drew a mix of criticism and cynicism from the government, industry and the Coalition, which accused One Nation of importing ideas from Venezuela.

Common ground

Pauline Hanson used a speech to a major gas industry conference in Adelaide on Thursday to detail a policy first flagged on the night of One Nation’s win in the Farrer byelection.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Guilt by Association: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Name Calling / Labeling 70% confidence

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Guilt by Association 90% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “One Nation has vowed to replace the contentious offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity stakes in new ventures”

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Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian, Yahoo News Australia, and another news source) confirm One Nation's proposal to abolish the offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity in new projects.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One Nation, One Election (abbr. ONOE), is a proposal under consideration by the Government of India to synchronise all elections in the country either on a single day or within a specific time frame, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation,_One_Election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One-nation conservatism, also known as one-nationism or Tory democracy, is a form of British political conservatism and a variant of paternalistic conservatism. It advocates the "preservation of estab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-nation_conservatism

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), commonly known as One Nation (ON), is a right-wing populist and far-right political party in Australia. It is led by its founder Pauline Hanson, who has been a sena…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation

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Claim 2: “One Nation has just two lower seats in federal parliament”

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Two independent news sources (The Conversation and The Guardian) explicitly state that One Nation has just two lower house seats in federal parliament.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election is scheduled to be held by 2028 to elect members of the House of Representatives and half of the Senate to the 49th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Labor government, led by P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Australian_federal_electi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of A…
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Claim 3: “Australian Energy Producers – the peak industry group and host of Thursday’s event – welcomed Hanson’s support for the oil and gas sector”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm whether Australian Energy Producers welcomed the support.

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Claim 4: “the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, renewed his commitment to abandon a net zero emissions target, scrap the safeguard mechanism and promote more “digging and drilling””

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Claim 5: “Pauline Hanson used a speech to a major gas industry conference in Adelaide on Thursday to detail a policy first flagged on the night of One Nation’s win in the Farrer byelection.”

CORROBORATED

Three different news reports confirm Pauline Hanson detailed this policy at a gas industry conference in Adelaide and that it was first flagged following the Farrer byelection win.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member…
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Claim 6: “the government would offer companies a 30% rebate on the cost of exploration in commonwealth waters in exchange for taking an equity stake of up to 30% in the operation.”

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While the general 30% equity stake is corroborated, the specific detail about a '30% rebate on the cost of exploration' is only explicitly detailed in one of the provided web search results.

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Claim 7: “She said mining billionaire Gina Rinehart wasn’t consulted.”

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Both The Guardian and another news source confirm that Pauline Hanson stated Gina Rinehart was not consulted on the proposal.

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web search NEUTRAL — 'Won't be some socialist takeover': Pauline Hanson unveils gas policy.At a press conference after her speech, Hanson said she has not talked about her policy proposal with benefactor Gina Rinehart, bu…
https://www.9news.com.au/national/one-nation-leader-pauline-…

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web search NEUTRAL — One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has denied the proposal is a ‘socialist takeover’, saying the government investment body would not have a day-to-day role in running the partner gas company.She said…
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/21/pauli…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of parliament for the division of Oxley…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson

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Claim 8: “The One Nation leader said there had not been any pushback from industry during private briefings on the proposal.”

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The news report stating Hanson 'unveils gas policy' confirms she said she has consulted the industry and it 'has not pushed back'.

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Claim 9: “Hanson also announced a Norway-inspired proposal to acquire equity stakes in new ventures and stash the profits in a sovereign wealth fund.”

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The Guardian and Yahoo News Australia both describe the proposal as 'Norway-inspired' or 'Norway-style' involving government equity stakes in gas ventures.

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web search NEUTRAL — Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson

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web search NEUTRAL — One Nation proposal would abolish offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity in new projects in a move the Coalition says is ‘borrowed from Venezuela’.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/21/pauli…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pauline Hanson has proposed a Norway-style government stake in new gas ventures. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman. The federal government would acquire a 30 per cent equity stake in Australia’s “mira…
https://au.news.yahoo.com/pauline-norway-style-bet-miracle-0…

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Claim 10: “The government’s stake would be overseen by a new commonwealth investment body.”

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The Guardian and another news source mention the creation of a 'government investment body' to oversee these stakes.

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Claim 11: “she proposed abolishing the PRRT – which she described as a “failure” – and introducing a royalty regime for new projects.”

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The Guardian and other news sources explicitly state the proposal involves scrapping the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) and introducing a royalty regime (specifically a 10 per cent wellhead royalty).

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