Queensland Nickel: Clive Palmer in Federal Court to fight summons

Clive Palmer turns up at Federal Court to argue he shouldn’t be grilled under oath about Queensland Nickel collapse.

Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court. Picture: News Corp.

Clive Palmer has personally turned up to the Federal Court to argue he should not be grilled under oath next week about the collapse of Queensland Nickel.

Mr Palmer has been issued with a summons to appear next week to be publicly examined. But he has brought on an interlocutory injunction to argue this should be set aside.

Federal Court judge Andrew Greenwood will hear the matter this afternoon.

Mr Palmer is sitting at the bar table, flanked by his wife Anna.

Mr Palmer is representing himself and has argued the public examinations should be delayed until his companies have been able to turn over all “32 million” documents that have been requested.

“I object to an examination being held two weeks before that time,” Mr Palmer said.

The examinations are due to start next week.

The former federal MP has also indicated he would make a “constitutional” argument as to why the examinations shouldn’t go ahead.

Justice Greenwood said it was “perfectly legitimate” for the liquidators to call Mr Palmer to be interrogated, potentially several times, in the Federal Court about Queensland Nickel’s collapse.

“That (company) failed and a lot of people lost their livelihood. There are matters that need to be examined.”

The hearing continues.