Clive Palmer
Palmer plots High Court challenge as teals slam election funding overhaul
Labor argues keeping United States-style mega-spending out of politics is a good thing for Australian democracy.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Crossbench in the gun under laws to shut out big money and ‘protect democracy’
Labor wants to ram through sweeping reforms that would cut the power of big donors and restrict the fundraising of independent candidates.
- by Paul Sakkal
Surprising name emerges as frontrunner for Media Watch host gig
ABC investigative journalist and former foreign correspondent Linton Besser is firming as top contender for the role.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Pure Gold Coast Clive Palmer buys childhood Melbourne home
The Queensland-based billionaire mining magnate bought the suburban house where he once lived as a child. We didn’t take him for a Victorian either.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Opinion
Political donations
A cap on dark political donations sounds simple, but there’s a serious catch
It sounds wonderful to anyone fed up with blanket advertising and robocalls, but there will be a temptation to replace the lost money with more public funding.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Shipping
Clive Palmer’s plan to build Titanic II runs into another iceberg
The builders of the original Titanic, Harland & Wolff, have put a big dent in Palmer’s $1 billion effort to recreate the ill-fated ocean liner.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Gina Rinehart stars in fashion ad with Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s son
Australia’s richest woman collaborated with the son of Queensland’s infamous hillbilly dictator to spruik her recently acquired Driza-Bone coats.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Clive Palmer’s previously dumped car museum gets the green light – somewhere else
Vintage cars once owned by royalty are expected to be on display when Australia’s biggest car museum opens, after the idea was ditched in a different south-east Queensland council area.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Fatima Payman finds a friendly Labor comrade in Sydney
The senator, who quit the ALP last week over the Albanese government’s stance on the war in Gaza, will appear at an event with a NSW Labor MP this month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Jamal Mohammad brings the fashion to his court dispute with Mick Gatto
It is unclear if Melbourne restaurateur Jamal Mohammad will triumph in his legal battle with Mick Gatto, but he is winning in the fashion stakes.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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CBD
Clive Palmer pipped for a place at the PM’s dinner table
Was the mining billionaire the anonymous bidder who shelled out more than $25,000 for a charity dinner with the prime minister. Turns out, no.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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