Clive Palmer's failed attempt to disrupt federal politics cost the Queensland billionaire more than $83 million, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission has revealed.
Mr Palmer's Mineralogy company donated $83.6 million to the Palmer United Party in June 2019, bankrolling the biggest individual spending spree in Australian political history.
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