Clive Palmer
The calamitous world of King Clive Palmer
The billionaire Queensland mining magnate, serial litigant and political aspirant is back in the media spotlight. But what is driving him?
- by Sarah Danckert
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Folau controversy
Folau threatens legal action against QRL as Catalans set to deny him a release
The Queensland Rugby League was prepared to register Israel Folau with two caveats, but that won’t be enough to placate the controversial star’s legal team.
- by Christian Nicolussi and Adrian Proszenko
Clive Palmer to help Craig Kelly take on Facebook, fight election
Former Liberal member Craig Kelly met with Clive Palmer to ask the mining magnate to contribute to a crowd-funding campaign to pay for defamation action.
- by David Crowe
Palmer courts controversy with Tony Williams targeted to join Folau
Just a fortnight after having his contracts torn up over a social media post supporting Jarryd Hayne, Tony Williams is next on Clive Palmer’s Gold Coast hit list.
- by Adam Pengilly
Clive Palmer will ‘crack champagne’ after defamation trial against WA Premier
The mining billionaire is suing the WA Premier for reputational damage after Mr McGowan referred to him as “the enemy of the west” during the border battles.
- by Heather McNeill and Toby Crockford
‘No regrets in life’: Folau signs with Clive Palmer-backed rugby league team
Palmer, a patron of the Southport Tigers, said he would back Israel Folau from a legal and financial standpoint should there be any impediment to his return.
- by Toby Crockford, Adrian Proszenko and Michaela Whitbourn
Clive Palmer to pay $1.5 million after losing Twisted Sister copyright fight
The Federal Court rejected the businessman’s claims that he had written his own lyrics and used the melody of an 18th century hymn in political advertisements.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Mining
Proposed Clive Palmer-owned mine in doubt after environmental ruling
The condemnation came from the Queensland government’s Department of Environment and Science on Wednesday.
- by Toby Crockford
Premier Mark McGowan deals a minor blow to Clive Palmer defamation case
Mining heavyweight-turned-politician Clive Palmer has maintained most of his legal arguments bar some against the WA Premier in a war of words that erupted over the closure of the state borders that prohibited the Queenslander from visiting his WA mining interests.
- by Aja Styles
Judge slaps down Palmer court case as ‘hopeless’ and a ‘beat-up’
The Palmer companies involved - QNI Metals and QNI Resources - were also involved in the failed Queensland Nickel refinery.
- by Toby Crockford
Clive Palmer gets three months’ breathing space from criminal charges
The Queensland billionaire, who is facing up to 17 years in jail, was granted the reprieve from two court cases on Thursday.
- by Toby Crockford