Labor, Greens outflanked on TPVs
IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison and Clive Palmer have reached a deal to resurrect Howard-era temporary protection visas.
Clive Palmer
New refugee visas win Palmer backing
THOUSANDS of refugees could be released into regions with job shortages, under a deal to clear a backlog of 30,000 unprocessed asylum claimants.
Palmer strikes deal over asylum visas
CLIVE Palmer has struck a deal with the government to deploy asylum-seekers to labour-starved regions of Australia.
Labor’s cold feet on PUP inquiry
QUEENSLAND Labor is divided over Clive Palmer’s bid to set up an unprecedented Senate inquiry into the Newman government.
Chinese whispers
A LOVE story lies at the core of Sue Smith’s new play exploring interactions between Australia and China since Tiananmen.
Liberals bullish on budget deals
CABINET ministers are confident of progress on the $5 billion university reforms at the heart of the budget.
Palmer ‘was close to insolvency’
CLIVE Palmer’s companies were on the brink of insolvency just weeks before he won political office.
Journey from Clive’s friend to foe
IN happier times accountant Bill Schoch and his friend and client Clive Palmer exchanged gifts, cards and warm compliments.
Palmer threat to uni reforms
CLIVE Palmer has written to Christopher Pyne opposing plans to deregulate tertiary fees and warning PUP will vote against the reforms.
Clive’s leg-up boosts losers
HIS slush fund needs to be killed off before it starts.
Palmer tried to repay $11m to China
CLIVE Palmer tried to repay $11 million to China days after revelations he had siphoned huge sums to fund his political campaign.
Palmer’s people ‘not at port’
CLIVE Palmer could not have spent millions in Chinese funds on “port management services”, an affidavit states.
‘Mongrel outburst won’t hurt ties’
CITIC Pacific’s Chang Zhenming has criticised Clive Palmer’s recent racist outburst as a sign of his “anti-Chinese sentiment”.
Citic: Palmer plays politics card
CLIVE Palmer’s political power was raised by his top executive in a written warning to China’s state-owned investment company.
Abbott must get behind budget sell
THE Prime Minister cannot sidestep responsibility for the poorly crafted budget, leaving Joe Hockey to take ownership for it.
Limits to who you call mate
FEW could claim to be quite as adept as Clive Palmer in attracting unusual sidekicks.
Take a load off
IT is next to unforgivable to kick off a satirical column with a discussion of Clive Palmer’s poo.
Why Palmer apologised twice
PRO-CHINA activists helped persuade Clive Palmer to send a second letter of apology to Chinese ambassador Ma Zhaoxu.
Palmer adds fuel to budget bonfire
THE government has taken another blow in its struggle to pass its budget reforms as Clive Palmer vows to block a $2.2bn increase in fuel excise.
Palmer’s rant won’t derail FTA
THE trade talks with China are at a crucial stage.
China to Palmer: don’t insult us
CHINA’S ambassador to Australia, Ma Zhaoxu, has told Clive Palmer that “Chinese people are never to be insulted”.
Sorry may be too late to soothe China
CLIVE Palmer’s apology to Chinese people for calling them “mongrels” who “shoot their own people” should have been made last week.
Palmer’s house absence a running joke
THE chairwoman of one of parliament’s most powerful committees has criticised Clive Palmer’s failure to attend all eight of its public hearings.
Clive’s impact ‘bad for business’
CLIVE Palmer’s influence on the Senate is having a negative impact on business confidence, the chairman of KPMG in Australia says.
PUP chief a leader on truancy
CLIVE Palmer has one of the poorest attendance records in parliament and has not shown up for 17 of the 58 sitting days since he was elected.
Flight of fancy
STREWTH was somewhat surprised on Sunday when Clive Palmer’s people filed a flight plan for Fiji.
No place for Palmer in parliament: Boswell
RON Boswell has called on the Abbott government to stop negotiating with Clive Palmer and says the MP shouldn’t be in parliament.
Tough customer
CLIVE Palmer started the week saying that the Chinese were communists who shot their own people.
Rights body asked to look at outburst
THE Human Rights Commission has been asked to make a section 18C ruling on Clive Palmer’s angry tirade of anti-China abuse.
Beijing lashes ‘absurd’ Palmer
THE Chinese government has officially condemned Clive Palmer’s racist outburst.
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