Australian far-right leader jailed for three years over electoral fraud

PAULINE Hanson, the former right-wing Australian politician, was jailed for three years yesterday for fraudulently setting up her One Nation party and illegally using electoral funds.

Hanson, 49, sent shock waves through Asia with her anti-immigration rhetoric.

She and another party official, David Ettridge, 58, had denied fraudulently registering One Nation in 1997, and to obtaining almost €275,000 in electoral funds to pay for her campaign in the 1998 Queensland state election.