Clive Palmer
Clive Palmer jets in to gatecrash Jim Chalmers’ budget
Many lobbyists and business leaders who normally storm Parliament House on budget night stayed away. But not Clive Palmer.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
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Inside Joe Hockey’s power-heavy garden party
The former federal treasurer can still draw a crowd of political and media elites
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
Why Clive Palmer’s $110 million senator is skipping the budget
A virtual Tucker Carlson is more appealing for Ralph Babet than Jim Chalmers’ showpiece in Canberra next Tuesday.
- Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Madeleine Heffernan
Survivor star King George returns to Macquarie Street
The Labor backroom operator turned reality TV fan favourite has once again popped up in the corridors of power.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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- Freedom of speech
Money talks, and defending free speech now comes at a cost
We live in an extraordinary moment in history in which boundaries of free speech have to be set and policed by ordinary people all the time.
- Jacqueline Maley
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Ape Trump or bait him? He’s political kryptonite for PM and Dutton
The mercurial US president will haunt the forthcoming election campaign. How the leaders handle him, and his chaotic pronouncements, may even swing the result.
- Peter Hartcher
‘I’ll have to bow and apologise’: Palmer admits mistake while stoking gender war
Palmer targeted transgender issues in a National Press Club address on Thursday, while at the same time claiming Australia’s public debate was being derailed by the topic.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Backlash over Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots gender advertisements
Transgender and equality advocacy groups are outraged over a series of political ads published in major newspapers.
- Calum Jaspan
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