Former Pauline Hanson ally, Brian Burston, seeks investigation into One Nation

Senator Burston, who left One Nation last month and now represents the rival United Australia Party set up by billionaire Clive Palmer, sent the electoral commission a statutory declaration that raises questions about a violation of rules. It seems to me that the recording of One Nation by Pauline Hanson is based on "members" who are not party members, "wrote Mr. Burston.

"As a member of the Senate, I am required to report this alleged violation of the process.

Senator Burston sent to the authorities a statutory declaration from his twin brother, Graham Burston, which convinced people to join the party last year, but he now warns that some of them they were not really members. 19659002] The question is how did the party gather the 750 names it needed to register in NSW earlier this year, knowing that it had to complete the process a full year before the next year? state election slated for March 23 to challenge One Nation executive secretary, Rod Miles, warned his colleagues by e-mail last October that members must be "paid" according to the party's constitution.

In his statutory declaration, signed on June 22 this year, Graham Burston told One Nation asked him to get as many party returns as possible to save the party in NSW.

"The application was made to me after the party had failed in his first attempt at registration," he United States

"I have collected 13 signed forms dated from the end of December 2017. To my knowledge, none of the forms were signed by the current members of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party

19659006] Senator Hanson rejected the claims, and the NSW party secretary, Peter Breen, told Fairfax Media that the party's executive had approved the practice of waiving membership fees for those he signed. "Mr. Breen said: [TRADUCTION] "This does not go against the party registration because these people have not paid their tuition fees even though they have not paid. 1200 members in New South Wales, but his doubts about his initial registration could sap er his campaign at the next elections and his intention to send a strong candidate to the NSW – perhaps Mr. Latham – for the Senate

Fairfax Media understands that the New South Wales Electoral Commission has returned Senator Burston's letter to his compliance unit.

Senator Hanson told Fairfax Media that concerns about NSW members were "absurd". trying to destroy the game.

"The party is very stable Brian Burston left because Brian Burston could not get the best price – he was not the one who wanted to stay with the party," said Sen. Hanson [19659002] "Brian Burston left and he made a comment, he said," if I do not get the top of the ticket, I will destroy the party. "David Crowe is the Sydney Morning Herald and The Chief Political Correspondent Age