Don't lend Adani money for coal railway, build it yourself, Hanson tells government

Senator says rail line will be 'piece of national infrastructure' and should not be controlled by 'foreign multi-national'

Pauline Hanson has asked the federal government to build the rail line to open up Queensland's Galilee coalfields instead of allowing it to be controlled by a "foreign multi-national".

The One Nation leader and Queensland senator said she opposed the government granting the Indian conglomerate Adani a $900m concessional loan through its $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility for the rail line.