A confidential memo issued by Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, instructing members not to leak information to the media, has itself been leaked to the Daily Mail. The clampdown follows a critical Spotlight investigation aired by Australia's Seven Network and a separate controversy involving comments linked to the "White Australia" policy, both of which appear to have prompted Hanson to tighten internal discipline within the party.

Details of the memo's exact contents are limited, but it points to heightened tension inside One Nation as leadership seeks to control the narrative following unfavourable media coverage. The irony of a document designed to stop leaks being leaked almost immediately underscores ongoing difficulties the party faces in maintaining internal discipline and messaging control.