Investigations
High Court denies Palmer case
RACHEL BAXENDALEBid to have the law requiring corporate criminals to submit to public examination ruled unconstitutional has failed.
High Court rules against Palmer
Rachel BaxendaleClive Palmer has lost his bid for the High Court to rule it’s unconstitutional to publicly examine him on QN’s collapse.
Palmer calls on Constitution
Sarah ElksClive Palmer wants one of Australia’s most powerful weapons against corporate criminals to be declared unconstitional.
Salim the untouchable?
ANTHONY KLANThe authorities are handling Auburn’s Salim Mehajer with kid gloves.
Our journalists
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Hedley Thomas
National Chief Correspondent
Brisbane Bureau, Australia
Hedley Thomas is The Australian’s national chief correspondent, specialising in investigative reporting with a particular interest in legal issues, the judiciary, public administration, corruption and politics. Hedley has won five Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley, in 2007, for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef.
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Anthony Klan
Investigative Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Anthony Klan is a journalist with The Australian, specialising in business-related investigative reporting. His work has sparked inquiries and law reforms. He holds a Walkley Award for business journalism and has been named a finalist for the Graham Perkin Australian journalist of the year. He has won News Corporation Australia’s top award and been has twice been named News Corporation Australia business journalist of the year.
Mehajer ‘off hook’ in inquiry
Salim Mehajer is expected to emerge from the public inquiry into the sacked Auburn Council largely unscathed.
Texts show ‘super six’ meetings
The inquiry into the sacked Auburn council has obtained evidence of councillors having discussions about land rezonings.
Palmer letters ‘to stay secret’
Malcolm Turnbull’s office is refusing to release five secret letters the PM exchanged with Clive Palmer.
Firm backs hunt for Palmer money
One of the world’s largest litigation funding firms will finance a pursuit of Clive Palmer for more than $180m.
Mehajer cheque bounced: cleaner
Salim Mehajer and his sister gave contradictory evidence over his alleged failure to pay a cleaner $25,500.
Mehajer pockets $4.35m windfall
Salim Mehajer has pocketed a $4.35m windfall after selling a building rezoned while he was on council.
Palmer loses assets court bid
A judge has knocked back Clive Palmer’s attempt to grab assets from his liquidated Queensland Nickel company.
Palmer orders PUP be put down
Clive Palmer has deregistered his party in Queensland, marking his departure from state politics across the country.
Top silk to grill Palmer
Clive Palmer is to face one of Queensland’s most feared cross-examiners over the collapse of Queensland Nickel.
Workers told ‘vote for Clive’
Four years before they were sacked, QNI workers were told to vote for Clive Palmer as a national living treasure.
Secret hit list before sackings
Clive Palmer secretly demanded a hit list of workers and their entitlements be drawn up a month before 237 were sacked.
Palmer’s $20m HQ on the block
An under-fire Clive Palmer is quietly shopping around his $20m Brisbane city headquarters.
PM, banks out to get me: Palmer
Clive Palmer warned his nephew, the director of Queensland Nickel, not to send him emails or ‘you f..k everything’.
Pencil in Clive for diversion
In the Federal Court in Brisbane, musings, quotations and selected works from Clive Palmer bloomed.
Palmer’s ‘QN loan to manager’
The Federal Court has heard Clive Palmer ordered Queensland Nickel to pay a $500,000 loan to his refinery manager.
Grilled over Gillard ‘slush fund’
A key suspect in the AWU slush fund fraud that embroiled Julia Gillard has sat down with Victorian detectives.
Palmer refinery paid golf bills
Clive Palmer’s cash-strapped Queensland Nickel was paying bills for up to five of the tycoon’s golf courses.
Palmer ‘had influence over QN’
Clive Palmer exerted ‘significant influence’ over Queensland Nickel, a secret report by Ernst & Young has revealed.
