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What will Palmer’s $2m give the No Camp, and cost Australian voters?

How effective the fossil fuel billionaire and UAP founder’s cash injection will be will depend on how much of a say he has in how it’s used.

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Clive Palmer takes No for an answer

Miner Clive Palmer will use $2 million of his billions to back the No vote in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, and Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo gave British American Tobacco access to one of his department’s senior customs officials.

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Court to hear appeal over 'X' votes in voice referendum

The AEC could have mere days to change voting material ahead of the voice referendum if an appeal by Clive Palmer over counting 'X' votes as no is successful.

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Court dismisses United Australia party push to count crosses as valid votes in voice referendum

Ralph Babet and Clive Palmer lose case against AEC, which is following precedent by counting ticks but disregarding crosses in upcoming vote

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School takes teens to see QAnon ‘megahit’, big business wants out of the Voice, and UAP back to waste everyone’s time

We hear a NSW high school organised a screening of ‘Sound of Freedom’, and why is Craig Kelly giving speeches in the heart of teal territory?

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How Clive Palmer was unveiled as the secret funder behind Telstra vaccine class action

The mining billionaire’s lawyers argued to keep his name out of the spotlight but a Federal Court judge ruled no.

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Chinese checkers in the sky

Australia has tracked hundreds of Chinese satellites monitoring the Talisman Sabre and Malabar war games over northern Australia and Sydney Harbour, and vapers used templates provided by the tobacco and vaping industry in submissions to the government’s vaping reforms consultations.

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Afternoon Update: RBA gives households reprieve; former childcare worker faces offences; and post-Ashes drinks moved to nightclub

Jim Chalmers says RBA decision is a ‘welcome reprieve for Australians who are already doing it tough’

The Guardian - AU

Craig Kelly told to repay $2,000 for taxpayer-funded trips to Clive Palmer’s boat, documents show

Exclusive: Kelly told the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority he took the trips to meet United Australia party members

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer dives for gold, $41bn worth

Clive Palmer’s company Zeph Investments claims the Commonwealth breached a free trade agreement over coal exploration permits and wants $41 billion in damages, and according to Indigenous Bunurong oral history, Harold Holt is swimming in mermaid country.

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Size really matters: AEC takes Craig Kelly to court over fine print on election ads

Failed UAP candidate tells federal court he had left corflute lettering to ‘professional experience’ of designers

The Guardian - AU

Palmer lawyers accused of bid to 'derail' criminal case

Queensland businessman Clive Palmer faces years-old charges that he acted dishonestly when trying to buy out timeshare investors in his resort.

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Grattan on Friday: Labor's 'Godfather' seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates

Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back.

The Conversation

Proposed spending and donations caps may at last bring genuine reform to national election rules

Money in electoral politics is like salt in the human body. Essential for activity – but too much imperils the heart.

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The rich lists used to be compelling reading. What happened?

Back in the day the whole country would pounce with glee on the AFR’s annual Rich List, but these days it’s a shadow of its former self.

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Mark McGowan: why the only way was down for Western Australia’s political rock star

After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top

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Former attorney-general Christian Porter will not represent Clive Palmer in $300b legal fight against Commonwealth

Christian Porter will no longer act for the mining magnate in his $300 billion claim against the federal government after a Senate estimates committee heard he received confidential and privileged information about the case when he was the attorney-general.

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Legal advice released for 'political interest': Cash

The opposition is accusing the Labor government of only releasing privileged legal advice when it is in their political interest to do so.

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Minister nixed Palmer coal mine, dept approved another

The environment minister personally killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine but trusted a delegate to decide on another Queensland mine that got the green light.

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Yes, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a coal mine. But save the angst for decisions that matter more

The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland. It’s the first coal mine Labor has approved since coming to power a year ago.

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Suffer the little children…

Queensland taxpayers are paying to indemnify church bodies against child abuse claims because insurers won’t, and Clive Palmer’s company Zeph Investments plans to sue Australia for the second time — the first claim seeks $269 billion.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: taxpayers on hook for church abuse claims, Palmer to sue Australia, Bakhmut ‘retreat’

Surge in survivor claims means church bodies cannot obtain insurance, forcing states to step in; mining tycoon seeks more damages over WA dispute

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer’s company plans to sue Australia in fresh claim, budget papers reveal

Exclusive: Palmer’s Zeph Investments could receive compensation if successful in second and potential third dispute beyond existing $296bn case

The Guardian - AU

Ivermectin ban ended by Australian regulator amid warning it should not be used as Covid treatment

The TGA banned off-label prescriptions when floods of people sought out the drug in the mistaken belief it would treat Covid-19

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How Clive Palmer is suing Australia for $300 billion with the help of an obscure legal clause (and Christian Porter)

Australian business figure Clive Palmer is suing the Australian government for almost A$300 billion in an international tribunal, having lost a case against the Western Australian government he took all the way to the High Court.

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