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Cometh the election hour, cometh the teals

While Labor and the Coalition are busy mud-slinging and one-upping each other, independent candidates and their volunteers are hard at work on the doorstep.

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Clive Palmer at a press conference at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Palmer targets Dutton in $90 million MAGA-style election pitch

Palmer said the Coalition lacked the aggression of right-wing parties around the globe, as he launched his new party, the Trumpet of Patriots.

  • Paul Sakkal
Clive Palmer stands before the insignia for his new party on Wednesday.

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is born.

  • Tony Wright
The billionaire misspoke during a press conference to launch a new political party he'll be affiliated with.
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Palmer's slip of the tongue at party launch

The billionaire misspoke during a press conference to launch a new political party he'll be affiliated with.

Palmer was charged over alleged fraud and breaches of his duties as director of his company, Palmer Leisure Coolum.

Penny-pinching Palmer? Billionaire miner spotted flying Virgin

Australia’s sixth-richest person doesn’t usually fly with the hoi polloi.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Michelle Ananda-Rajah’s Higgins electorate update.

Labor MP ups the puzzlement factor – on your dime

A glossy flyer from Michelle Ananda-Rajah confused voters beyond her own electorate of Higgins.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Teal appeal: Independent MPs Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel and Monique Ryan.

Can the teals resist this $90m party invitation?

The new election-spending limit for a political party is $90 million, but it’s just $800,000 for a single MP. Might stand-alone teals toe the party line?

  • David Crowe
Clive Palmer has come a cropper in a predictable way in his latest litigation.

Clive Palmer goes full tilt at the High Court - and falls flat on his face again

For those counting, the billionaire mining magnate and major political donor is now 0-5 before the High Court.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Clive Palmer is 0-5 versus the High Court.

Clive Palmer goes full tilt at the High Court again. Guess the outcome

The billionaire mining magnate loves litigation. Litigation does not love him back.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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