Palmer launches court bid to force AEC to count ‘X’ as ‘No’ in Voice vote

Palmer launches court bid to force AEC to count ‘X’ as ‘No’ in Voice vote

The court challenge comes just five weeks before Australians vote in the referendum on October 14.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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Former ASIC boss wanted to end his life amid negative Palmer ad campaign

Former ASIC boss wanted to end his life amid negative Palmer ad campaign

James Shipton told a Senate inquiry on Wednesday that he ‘broke down in front of a newspaper stand’ when the advertisement became ‘too much’.

  • bySarah Danckert
Clive Palmer outed as secret backer of anti-jab class action against Telstra

Clive Palmer outed as secret backer of anti-jab class action against Telstra

For a billionaire best known for his eccentric,attention-seeking behaviour,Clive Palmer sometimes tries very hard to avoid the spotlight.

  • byDavid Estcourt andKishor Napier-Raman
Clive Palmer named as funder of failed lawsuit against COVID vaccine

Clive Palmer named as funder of failed lawsuit against COVID vaccine

Palmer’s lawyers failed to suppress the billionaire’s financial backing of the class action lawsuit.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
Teals fear new donations rules could kill off independents’ movement

Teals fear new donations rules could kill off independents’ movement

Labor’s Don Farrell shrugged off the teal movement’s concern that new election spending rules will stymie independents.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Clive Palmer’s $116 million senator steps away from family real estate business

Clive Palmer’s $116 million senator steps away from family real estate business

The United Australia Party’s Ralph Babet will still be helping sell houses on the weekend despite quitting as a director of Babet Brothers.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
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‘Cement ceiling’:Internal email sparks generational war at ABC

‘Cement ceiling’:Internal email sparks generational war at ABC

A departing ABC staffer lobbed a truth bomb to their soon-to-be former colleagues,attacking a demographic lottery that screws over its younger employees.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
‘Treacherous and traitorous’:McGowan uses parliament to blast Palmer

‘Treacherous and traitorous’:McGowan uses parliament to blast Palmer

“Today we have seen the most deplorable act of greed in Australian history,” WA Premier Mark McGowan said in Parliament.

  • byHamish Hastie
Clive Palmer sues for $300 billion in damages from Commonwealth
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Clive Palmer sues for $300 billion in damages from Commonwealth

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mocked Palmer and former Morrison government attorney-general Christian Porter,who is listed as one of nine lawyers in Palmer’s legal team.

  • byHamish Hastie
Clive Palmer,the $1.5b bid and the mystery Swiss group with WA mining stakes

Clive Palmer,the $1.5b bid and the mystery Swiss group with WA mining stakes

Zero Carbon Investek,which has still to confirm if it has raised the $1.5 billion to buy Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery business,also has investments in strategic mineral assets in Western Australia.

  • byAnne Hyland
Palmer company ordered to repay $44.6m private jet loan

Palmer company ordered to repay $44.6m private jet loan

Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel company has been ordered to repay a $35.4 million loan for the businessman and former MP’s private jet plus hefty interest and currency exchange costs.

  • byRex Martinich