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Australia’s resisting the global populist tide. But now’s no time for smugness

Far-right populism is succeeding in the US, Britain, France and Germany. Australia won’t inexorably travel the same path.

  • Nick Bryant

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Andrew Crook after his arrest in 2014.

Media adviser launches $4m malicious prosecution claim over kidnap case

Clive Palmer’s aide is suing NAB and the Queensland government over a plot to kidnap a banker in Indonesia. 

  • Cloe Read
Professor Patrick McGorry.

Pat McGorry defends Celtic Club as Irish barney continues

A special general meeting last week attempted to overthrow the club’s board, but the esteemed mental health advocate says most members are happy.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Clive Palmer, Trumpet of Patriots chairman and party spokesperson.

Court says Palmer not a foreign investor and must pay $13m

The man who wanted to “wake up Australia” owes the Commonwealth more than $13 million after an international tribunal put his “foreign investor” claim to bed.

  • Jack Gramenz
Clive Palmer outside the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.

‘I’m always under persecution’: Palmer defends himself in fraud case

Billionaire Clive Palmer’s human rights might have been impeded in his Queensland fraud case because prosecutors failed to disclose documents against him for years, a magistrate has ruled. 

  • Cloe Read
Sam Iskander represented Clive Palmer in numerous cases, including in a High Court matter, involving the mining magnate’s legal action against the Commonwealth of Australia.

Clive Palmer’s lawyer ‘misplaced’ $2.5m in gold bullion, court told

Sam Iskander, who is accused of stealing $30 million from the mining magnate, gave the gold to someone for “safekeeping”, but doesn’t know where it is, a court has heard.

  • Cloe Read
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Superyacht ‘Australia’, which flies the Maltese flag and is owned by mining magnate Clive Palmer, has docked in a prime location ahead of this weekend’s Riverfire display.

How Clive Palmer’s superyacht secured prime Riverfire real estate

All recreational viewing boats are supposed to be under 18 metres long. The billionaires is more than three times that size.

  • William Davis
Choclatine has lost its kosher status.

Just not kosher: beloved cafe loses accreditation after rabbi raid

A popular Caulfield North cafe says they are the victims of “a fair bit of politics” after they gave up their kosher certification in a squabble with the official accreditation agency.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Clive Palmer has been politically active in recent years with enormous donations to his campaigns.

Clive Palmer accuses long-time solicitor of stealing $30 million

The alleged theft of tens of millions of dollars from the mining magnate was done through “sophisticated altering of the invoices”, a court has heard.

  • James Hall
Clive Palmer after the election campaign launch of his Trumpet of Patriots party in April.

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

The organisation fears the ransomware attack has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

  • Nick Newling

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