One Nation asks donors at $3,000-a-head Sydney fundraiser to accept ‘non-disclosure agreement’

Transparency experts raise concerns about plans to use NDA to gag attendees at event featuring Pauline Hanson in lead-up to NSW election

One Nation is attempting to gag donors from ever revealing details of discussions at an invite-only, cocktail-dress fundraiser with the party’s senior leadership team, in a move described as a “worrying precedent” for democracy.

Invitations to the “very special evening” at an undisclosed central Sydney venue next Thursday show donors will be charged $3,000 for a “private and very discrete” four-hour event.

Donors have been told they’ll meeting with Pauline Hanson; One Nation’s national director, James Ashby; federal MP Barnaby Joyce; the federal party’s chief of staff, Chris Taylor; and its New South Wales leader, Mike Newman.