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Clive Palmer's unfinished business

Being talked about seems to be Clive Palmer's biggest ambition in business and politics. He is spending $50 million to satisfy that craving.

Mark Ludlow

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Key Statistics

  • $2.5bthe amount Clive Palmer is worth, according to AFR Rich List.
  • 1the number of times Clive Palmer fell asleep in parliament
  • $330mdebts left after the collapse of Mr Palmer's Queensland Nickel
  • 3the number of senators the Palmer United Party won in 2013 election
  • 6the number of senators Palmer believes UAP will win after next month's election

Clive Palmer's first foray into politics in 2013 was like a meteor that burst on to the national political stage before quickly fizzling out after a few short years.

When Palmer retired from Parliament in 2016 – jumping ship before he was voted out from his Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fairfax – many thought that would be the end of the maverick Queensland businessman.

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