The Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Pauline Hanson (as representative of One Nation) against a decision reviewing the Electoral Commission's registration of the party under the Electoral Act 1992 (Qld). The Court upheld the trial judge's findings that the first respondent had standing as a person 'affected by' the registration decision under s 180, that the discretionary extension of time for the review application was properly exercised, that the trial judge's approach to the pleadings and late amendment was not erroneous, and that the trial judge's factual findings — including reliance on witness evidence despite contrary objective material — were open on the evidence, particularly in the absence of contradictory oral evidence from the appellant.
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