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| UpdatedBusinessman Clive Palmer says his federal election advertising spending of about $55 million was a better use of his fortune than "giving some money to Meals on Wheels".
Topics: minor-parties, political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, clive-palmer, person, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Businessman and failed Senate candidate Clive Palmer has claimed credit for the Coalition victory, saying his advertising blitz suppressed Labor's vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, clive-palmer, australia
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| UpdatedBusinessman and former senator Clive Palmer failed to pick up a single seat in the election, but he says his $60 million advertising campaign is behind Labor's defeat.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, clive-palmer, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedA man believed to be a volunteer for Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is fined for allegedly exposing himself at the Bankstown Public School polling station, in Sydney's west.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, clive-palmer, bankstown-2200
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Days out from the election, the United Australia Party has offered few policy details to Australian voters despite bombarding them with advertisements for months, writes Rafael Epstein.
Topics: clive-palmer, politics-and-government, government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, federal-government, australia, melbourne-3000, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedThe claims and counterclaims in the federal election campaign have become increasingly wild in the past couple of days. But some of the bogus claims getting the biggest exposure are ones in the saturation advertising campaign of Clive Palmer and his United Australia Party.
Topics: clive-palmer, australia
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The veteran MP brushes off calls from Mr Palmer to "go and enjoy his retirement", saying he will take the billionaire on in a race up the stairs in Parliament House.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, bob-katter, clive-palmer, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA mysterious environmental group fronted by dubious online identities — including one endorsed by a former Liberal party staffer — spent more than a year trying to forge ties with the Adani protest movement while urging activists to target Clive Palmer.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, political-parties, government-and-politics, politics-and-government, activism-and-lobbying, federal-elections, clive-palmer, federal-parliament, environmental-policy, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, brisbane-4000, qld, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedClive Palmer's coal company Waratah Coal announces plans to build a coal-fired power station in central Queensland, but the Australia Institute says the proposal is "just crazy" in view of the "huge threat from climate change".
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-election, clive-palmer, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-elections, elections, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, mining-rural, rural, mining-environmental-issues, environment, company-news, mining-industry, climate-change, rockhampton-4700, qld, brisbane-4000, clermont-4721, jericho-4728, alpha-4724, australia
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Bill Shorten distances himself from the former Labor PM on a day when he and Scott Morrison spend hours debating a debate.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, clive-palmer, federal-parliament, federal-government, elections, bill-shorten, scott-morrison, australia
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| UpdatedClive Palmer is no classic right-winger nor crotchety conservative. He is no angel either. So why is he spending so much of his own money on what looks like a pyrrhic campaign?
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-election, federal-elections, clive-palmer, australia
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| UpdatedA candidate for Clive Palmer's United Australia Party tried to trade favourable coverage in a regional newspaper for a slice of the party's multi-million-dollar advertising budget.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, federal-parliament, minor-parties, clive-palmer, australia, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedClive Palmer's re-branded political party is emerging as a significant player in the federal election, helped along by today's announcement of a preference deal with the Liberal National Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, clive-palmer, australia
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| UpdatedUnited Australia Party senator Brian Burston says businessman Clive Palmer will spend an unprecedented $60 million on the election campaign.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, federal-parliament, minor-parties, clive-palmer, australia, qld
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| UpdatedLess than a year after Scott Morrison referred to Clive Palmer's political push as a "circus sideshow", he will sign a lucrative preference deal with the rising United Australia Party, writes Michelle Grattan.
Topics: government-and-politics, politics-and-government, federal-government, federal-parliament, clive-palmer, australia
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| UpdatedScott Morrison will damage relations with China and risk an electoral backlash if he inks a preference swap deal with controversial businessman Clive Palmer, former WA Liberal premier Colin Barnett says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, elections, liberals, political-parties, clive-palmer, scott-morrison, australia, wa
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| UpdatedThe Liberal Party strikes a deal to exchange preferences with Clive Palmer, which will see the United Australia Party placed second, or above Labor, on its how-to-vote cards in Lower and Upper House seats.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, elections, liberals, political-parties, clive-palmer, scott-morrison, australia
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| UpdatedClive Palmer preferences continue to dog the major parties as politicians from across the divide distance themselves from previous comments.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, clive-palmer, bill-shorten, scott-morrison, howard-john-winston, australia
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| UpdatedBrandishing a pencil as their weapon of choice, some voters will attempt to slaughter the hopes of the major parties by lodging an "up yours" on their voting ballot — but will the protest vote impact the election outcome?
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, federal-elections, federal-election, bob-katter, pauline-hanson, clive-palmer, minor-parties, government-and-politics, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, act, tas, nsw, vic, nt, wa
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Clive Palmer says he's 'always been unpopular' as he announces his bid for a senate seat.
Topics: clive-palmer, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedBillionaire businessman and former federal MP Clive Palmer abandons his plan to contest the country's most marginal seat, instead throwing himself into the race for the Senate.
Topics: clive-palmer, federal-elections, elections, minor-parties, political-parties, government-and-politics, townsville-4810, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe highly provocative material includes stunts during the federal election campaign, such as performing in blackface and burning of the Koran, to attract global attention and help Senator Anning.
Topics: federal-election, federal-elections, government-and-politics, fascism, forms-of-government, clive-palmer, political-parties, community-and-society, race-relations, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, federal---state-issues, australia
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| UpdatedBusinessman and political hopeful Clive Palmer announces plans to pay back "millions of dollars" in outstanding entitlements owed to hundreds of workers who lost their jobs when his Queensland nickel refinery went bust more than three years ago.
Topics: clive-palmer, business-economics-and-finance, federal-elections, company-news, elections, minor-parties, political-parties, government-and-politics, mining-industry, industry, townsville-4810, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Forbes rich lister and former MP, who appears to be plotting a return to federal politics, still owes taxpayers for overspending on his entitlements.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, clive-palmer, australia
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| UpdatedClive Palmer's wife, Anna Palmer, tells the Federal Court in Brisbane she approved a transfer of about $180 million to a Bulgarian company controlled by her husband, but doesn't know what happened to it.
Topics: clive-palmer, person, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, townsville-4810, qld, australia, brisbane-4000