The conspiracy-peddling favourite of the global Trumpian right visited Australia’s corridors of power. But tour promoter Clive Palmer was nowhere to be seen.
If the conservative US commentator’s sarcasm at the launch is anything to go by,the Freedom Conferences,tackling “threats to truth”,won’t be dull.
Old foes from Labor’s internal power struggles Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith will join former PM Malcolm Turnbull at defence think tank’s conference next month.
The election reform package would create a big change in how campaigns are funded and politicians engage in politics. But achieving consensus will not be straightforward.
Despite his $117 million buying a solitary Senate seat,the sheer scale of Clive Palmer’s advertising blitz set a template for any rich-lister who wants to sway an election result.
A decade after the billionaire announced plans to build a full-scale Titanic replica,there’s almost no sign of progress.
Labor has cited mining magnate Clive Palmer spending hundreds of millions on recent federal elections as grounds for its move to clamp down on donations.
An individual,company or third-party activist group who could currently contribute an unlimited amount to a campaign will be outlawed from giving huge sums to parties.
The billionaire mining magnate continues his attempts to stop fraud charges against him ever being heard.
The controversial former Liberal-turned-UAP operative has jumped ship again and joined Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
Six years,and several lapsed deadlines and cost blowouts later,the Bellevue Hill monstrosity is still not open.